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Which of the following suggests impending respiratory failure?

A 3-year-old is brought to the emergency department with a barking cough. The patient is calm and alert, but has significant work of breathing. A physical assessment and chest X-ray are done.

Which of the following collection of symptoms would suggest this patient is about to go into respiratory failure?

• Stridor with agitation, moderate restrictions, no cyanosis, moderate decrease in air entry

• Stridor at rest, cyanosis at rest, severe retractions, significantly decreased air entry

• Stridor at rest, cyanosis with agitation, moderate retractions, moderate decrease in air entry

• No stridor, no cyanosis, moderate retractions, decreased level of consciousness, moderate decrease in air entry

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