A patient is admitted to the ICU after falling from a roof and sustaining fractures of the first three ribs on the right side. The patient is dyspneic, and crepitus (subcutaneous emphysema) can be...

A patient is admitted to the ICU after falling from a roof and sustaining fractures of the first three ribs on the right side. The patient is dyspneic, and crepitus (subcutaneous emphysema) can be palpated. Auscultation reveals decreased breath sounds on the right. The chest x-ray reveals a pneumothorax. Upon percussion, what does the nurse expect to hear?

a. Dullness on the right

b. Resonance on the right

c. Tympany on the right

d. Hyperresonance on the right