The cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary pathophysiologic processes that result in the patient presenting these symptoms.
Case scenario: 45-year-old woman presents with a chief complaint of 3-day duration of shortness of breath, cough with thick green sputum production, and fevers. The patient has history of COPD with chronic cough but states the cough has gotten much worse and is interfering with her sleep. Sputum is thicker and harder for her to […]