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Title: Your patient is a 52-year-old male complaining of shortness of breath. He is sitting up, alert, and Post by: Nix4Pres on Mar 20, 2016 Your patient is a 52-year-old male complaining of shortness of breath. He is sitting up, alert, and oriented and appears to be in moderate respiratory distress. He states that he "always gets a chest cold in the winter" and describes a 3-week history of productive cough and increasing shortness of breath. Physical examination reveals coarse rhonchi to the upper lobes bilaterally, air movement is decreased in the bases, and his skin is cool with peripheral cyanosis. You note that he is overweight and describes an 18-pack-a-year smoking history. Based on these clinical exam findings, you might also expect to find:
A) barrel chest and increased anterior/posterior chest diameter. B) pursed-lipped breathing. C) JVD, pedal edema, hepatic congestion. D) pulmonary edema and hypotension. Title: Re: Your patient is a 52-year-old male complaining of shortness of breath. He is sitting up, alert, Post by: feijoa on Apr 4, 2016 Content hidden
Title: Re: Your patient is a 52-year-old male complaining of shortness of breath. He is sitting up, alert, and Post by: Nix4Pres on Apr 9, 2016 !! Perfect :poop:
Title: Re: Your patient is a 52-year-old male complaining of shortness of breath. He is sitting up, alert, and Post by: feijoa on Apr 11, 2016 Good luck with the rest
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