old female patient came for consultation on chest pain that began 5 days previously. She
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obese and had a surgery a month ago for gallbladder. At the objective examination the p
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ient has polypnea and cannot lie on the bed because of her dyspnea
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,What do we call this type of d
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yspnea? more oriented to the diagnosis?
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, ▪ orthopnea.
▪ Ask the patient:
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✓ The other symptoms she has
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✓ The characteristic of her chest pain
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