Your Patient Has Pneumonia and Is Having an Asthma Attack

question 40

Multiple Choice

Your patient has pneumonia and is having an asthma attack.Which of the following mechanisms would be contributing to the sensation of dyspnea?

• A)Increase in the work of breathing due to high airway resistance
• B)Increase in the work of breathing due to low lung compliance
• C)Increase in the drive to breathe due to hypoxemia
• D)All the above

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