When assessing a patient, you notice that the patient has difficulties breathing, they are sweating excessively, coughing up blood, orthopnea, pink frothy sputum, and appear to have signs of anxiety. Which of the following conditions is present in the patient?
  1. Pneumonia
  2. Shock
  3. Asthma attack
  4. Pulmonary edema
Explanation
Answer - D - Pulmonary edema contains the symptoms listed above. Pneumonia is similar, except that the sputum is, in most cases, green or yellow.
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