PATIENT ASSESSMENT EXAM 1 COUGHING QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

PATIENT ASSESSMENT EXAM 1:
COUGHING QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
IfSaSpatientShasSaSproductiveScough,SwhatSthreeSthingsScouldSitSbe?S-ScorrectSanswer-
acuteSbronchitis,SbacterialSpneumonia,SCOPDS(chronicSobstructiveSpulmonarySdisease)



IfStheScoughSisSproductiveSandStheSonsetSisSnearStheSendSofSaSURI,SwhatSisSit?S-ScorrectSanswer-
acuteSbronchitis



IfStheScoughSisSproductiveSandStheSonsetSisSgradual,S7-
10SdaysSafterSonsetSofSviralSURISorSacuteSbronchitis,SwhatSisSit?S-ScorrectSanswer-bacterialSpneumonia



IfScoughSisSproductiveSandSonsetSisSslow,SafterSyearsSofSsmoking,SenvironmentalSorSoccupationalShazardSexp
osure,SwhatSisSit?S-ScorrectSanswer-COPD



IfStheScoughSisSproductiveSandStheSsputumSisSmucoid,SwhatScouldSitSbe?SWhatSifSitSisSworseSinStheSmorningS
andSnight?S-ScorrectSanswer-acuteSbronchitisSandSCOPD



IfSworseSinSmorningSandSnight,SacuteSbronchitis



IfScoughSisSproductiveSwhatSisSitSifStheSfeverSisSlowSgrade?ShighSgrade?Safebrile?S-ScorrectSanswer-
lowSgrade:SacuteSbronchitis

highSgrade:SbacterialSpneumonia

afebrile:SCOPD



IfStheScoughSisSproductive,SandStheSchestSx-raySrevealsSconsolidatedSinfiltratesSwhatSisSit?



ifSchestSx-raySisSnormal,SwhatScouldSitSbe?S-ScorrectSanswer-bacterialSpneumonia



acuteSbronchitisSandSCOPDS(COPDSmayShaveSmarkingSofSemphysema)

, IfScoughSisSproductiveSandSA&PSofSlungsSrevealsSrhonchiSwhichSclear/changeSafterScoughing,SwhatScouldSitS
be?



WhatSifSA&PSofSlungsSrevealsScracklesSwhatSisSit?S-ScorrectSanswer-acuteSbronchitis,SCOPD



bacterialSpneumoniaS(maySalsoShaveSbronchophonySandSegophonySandSinabilityStoShearSbreathSsoundsSov
erSconsolidatedSarea)



IfStheScoughSisSproductive,SandStheSpersonSusesSancillarySmusclesSofSthroatSandSneckStoSbreath,ShasSwellSde
velopedSsternocleidomastoidSmusclesSandScannotSspeakSinScompleteSsentences,SwhatSisSit?S-
ScorrectSanswer-COPD




IfSpersonSwithSproductiveScoughShasStachycardia,Stachypnea,SWBCSgreaterSthanS10,000Sml/microliter,SandS
moreSthanS80%SofStheSdifferentialScountSareSmatureSandSimmatureSneutrophils,SwhatSisSit?S-
ScorrectSanswer-bacterialSpneumonia




ifStheScoughSisSnon-productiveS(dry),Shacking,SwhatScouldSitSbe?S-ScorrectSanswer-
asthma,STB,Scancer,SGERD,SdrugsS(ACESinhibitor),Spertussis



IfStheSdryScoughSoccursSafterSrunningSforSaSshortSwhileSorSdailySatS2-6SAM,SwhatSisSit?S-ScorrectSanswer-
asthma



IfStheSqualitySofStheSdryScoughSisSverySmild,SalmostSlikeSclearingSthroat,SwhatSisSit?S-ScorrectSanswer-
ACESinhibitorScough



IfStheSdryScoughSoccursSinSanSepisodicScoughingSspasm,SwhatSisSit?S-ScorrectSanswer-pertussis



IfStheSdryScoughSstartsSwithinSoneShourSafterSlyingSdown,SwhatSisSit?S-ScorrectSanswer-GERD



IfStheSpersonShasSaSchronicSdryScoughSandShasSaShistorySofSsmokingSorSisSaScurrentSsmoker,SwhatSmightSitSbe
?S-ScorrectSanswer-cancer