A 46-year-old man presents with chief grievance of Three-day period of shortness of breath, cough with thick inexperienced sputum manufacturing, and fevers. He has a historical past of COPD with persistent cough however states the cough has gotten a lot worse and is interfering together with his sleep. Sputum is thicker and more durable for him to expectorate. Chest X-Ray reveals flattened diaphragm and elevated AP diameter. Auscultation demonstrates hyper resonance and coarse rales and rhonchi all through all lung fields. Clarify the next:
1· The cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary pathophysiologic processes that end result within the affected person presenting these signs.
2· Any racial/ethnic variables that will affect physiological functioning.
Three· How these processes work together to have an effect on the affected person.
