Question

Physical Examination LRS 198-Health Assessment and Physi Case Study #1 Case 60-year-old black male who works as a ro orks as a roofer, noted onset of eable effort to breathe and associated with more noticeable effort to b The patient, a 60-year-old black shortness of breath, associated wit rattling in chest 6 months ago. SOB is s on the job, limbing ladders, carrying shingles, or walking around debris. Patient says he becomes fatigue sleep on two large pillows he awakens 90. SOB is aggravated when the patient is on the i ing around the job site picking up becomes fatigued easily and reports that if he does llows he awakens somewhat short of breath. Patient outum in the morning for approximately 5 moptysis, tuberculosis, fever, night sweats, couching up a rusty brown mucold sputum in the morning fe years. Denies history ars Denies history of pneumonia, hemoptysis, tuberculosis, feve precordial pain or discomfort, heart murmurs, varicosities, phlebitis claudication. Vital signs: BP 150/84, T 37.1 C/98.8° F, P 86, R 28 1) State the subjective data. 2) State the objective data and ctive data and state whether each is normal or abnor

Answer 1

Answer: The subjective data are those information which is mainly experienced and explained by the patient. The subjective data are:

• Patient feels fatigue while performing any physical work.
• Short of breath
• Coughing
• Brown mucus in the morning while coughing.