67-year-old female with a 50-pack-year history of smoking pr…
67-year-old female with a 50-pack-year history of smoking presents for a routine annual physical examination. She complains of becoming easily short of breath and of fatigue. Physical examination reveals diminished breath sounds, hyperresonance, and hypertrophied respiratory accessory muscles. Here complete blood count is slightly elevated. Her pulmonary function test (PFT) results show increased total lung capacity. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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An asthmatic patient who was seen for a viral upper respiratory infection presents to the nurse practitioner’s office complaining of a recent onest of shortness of breath, inspiratory wheezing, and chest tightness. He has been using his albuterol inhaler from four to six times a day. When the nurse practitioner quickly evaluates the patient, he notices that the patient is diaphoretic and tachypneic. Which of the following interventions is not indicated?
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