MN551 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - KAPLAN UNIVERSITY QUIZ 4
1.A patient who presented with shortness of breath and difficulty climbing stairs has been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a disease characterized by scarring of the alveoli. What would her care team anticipate when observing her breathing? **Short, shallow breaths 2.A short, nonsmoking middle-aged man presents to the emergency department with left-sided chest pain and a cough. He says that the pain started abruptly, just after lunch, and that breathing and coughing make it worse. He denies recent injury. He is breathing shallowly and rapidly and expresses fear that he may be having a heart attack. Breath sounds are normal, and he is not cyanotic. Which condition is most likely causing his symptoms? **Pleuritis related to infection
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1a patient who presented with shortness of breath and difficulty climbing stairs has been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis
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a disease characterized by scarring of the alveoli what would her care te
