A 68-Year-Old Man Comes to the Physician for a Routine

question 293

Multiple Choice

A 68-year-old man comes to the physician for a routine health maintenance examination. He has had increasing shortness of breath and a productive cough for the past 1 year. He feels breathlessness when walk up a flight of stairs. He has hypertension and his only medication is amlodipine. He smoked 1 pack of cigarettes daily for 30 years but quit 6 years ago. His pulse is 98/min, respirations are 25/min and blood pressure is 134/88 mm Hg. Pulse oximetry on room air shows an oxygen saturation of 92% at rest and 85% with mild exertion. Scattered expiratory wheezing and rhonchi are heard throughout both lung fields. Which of the following additional findings is most likely to be seen in this patient?

• A)Decreased functional residual capacity
• B)Decreased right ventricular afterload
• C)Increased erythropoietin production
• D)Increased expiratory flow rates
• E)Increased left ventricular compliance

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