A 46-year-old man presents with chief complaint of 3-day duration of shortness of breath, cough with thick inexperienced sputum manufacturing, and fevers. He has a historical past of COPD with power cough however states the cough has gotten a lot worse and is interfering with his sleep. Sputum is thicker and tougher 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 outcome within the affected person presenting these signs.
2· Any racial/ethnic variables that will influence physiological functioning.
three· How these processes work together to have an effect on the affected person.
