NR-601 Primary Care of the Maturing and Aged Family-Case study 1-week 2

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Week 2: COPD Case Study: Part 1 J.D. is a 62 y/o Caucasian male that presents to the office today with the CC of persistent cough for the past 6 months with a recent onset of SOB. Cough is intermitt... ent and frequent and is noted to be worse in the AM. Cough is productive. The sx are aggravated by activity and are relieved by rest. Tx has been Robitussin DM OTC without any relief of sx. Severity of sx; he is unable to walk greater than 20ft w/o stopping to catch his breath. Pt states, “I routinely walked 1 mile a day without difficulty.” Upon ROS the patient denies fever, chills, or weight loss. Denies any sx associated with HEENT. He denies chest pain and LE edema. However, he reports a persistent productive cough with whiteyellowish phlegm; that is worse upon waking and SOB upon activity. [Show More]

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