Concepts of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disorders

Scenario 4: 45-year-old woman presents with a chief complaint of the 3-day duration of shortness of breath, cough with thick green sputum production, and fevers. The patient has a history of COPD with a chronic cough but states the cough has gotten much worse and is interfering with her sleep. Sputum is thicker and harder for her to expectorate. CXR reveals a flattened diaphragm and increased AP diameter. Auscultation demonstrates hyper resonance and coarse rales and rhonchi throughout all lung fields.Develop a 1- to 2-page case study analysis, examine the patient symptoms presented in the case study. Be sure to address the following:Explain both the cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary pathophysiologic processes of why the patient presents these symptoms.Explain how the cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary pathophysiologic processes interact to affect the patient.Explain any racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning.