A Patient Has Returned After a Lengthy Abdominal Surgery

A patient has returned after a lengthy abdominal surgery. The nurse enters the room to assess the patient and observes the patient forcefully coughing without using anything to protect her abdomen. The nurse would teach the patient to use an abdominal pillow over her abdomen when coughing to avoid the post operative complication of:

A) Atelectasis
B) Dehiscence
C) Tension pneumothorax
D) Paralytic ileus

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