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Using the article provided below, respond to the following case studies and the questions posed with each.

Mr. Jones is an otherwise healthy, 80 yo AA male who seeks treatment at your clinic for a cough with an onset of 2 weeks ago. He states the nonproductive cough keeps him awake at night and he feels he is “coughing up a lung” whenever he coughs. His vital signs are Temp 98.7, Ap 80, Resp 26, BP 166/88. His wife states that he has been especially forgetful this past week. His Objective assessment reveals prolonged coughing episodes that do not proceed to bronchospasms, He has dyspnea with minimal exertion and increased tactile fremitus in the right upper lung field. Fine Rales (crackles) can be hear in this area, with the remaining lung field having vesicular lung sounds.

1. What other subjective information would you like to elicit from Mr. Jones?

2. What other objective assessments would you like to perform on Mr. Jones?

3. What is your diagnosis of Mr. Jones? What are your 2 or 3 Differentials?

4. Why did you arrive at this diagnosis? 5. What is your treatment plan for Mr. Jones?

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David · Accepted Answer

1. What other subjective information would you like to elicit from Mr. Jones? 
Subjective data includes information offered by the individual affected. In the provided case 
study Mr. Jones is the affected individual. Mr. Jones an otherwise healthy person, is 80 yo 
AA male who requires for a cough with a commencement of 2 weeks before. According to 
him the non-productive cough keeps him wakeful whole night and he gets a feeling that he is 
“coughing up a lung” at the time when he coughs. Moreover, his vital signs include Temp 
98.7, Ap 80, Resp 26, BP 166/88. I would like to know if there is any medical history of 
coughing in his family. Also, I would like to know if has suffered from coughing before and 
if so, which medicines he has taken.  
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