Kenday, is a 16 year old, Spanish speaking female, who presents to your clinic complaining of shortness of breath and a cough for about 3 weeks. She denies having any fevers or chills. She is...

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Kenday, is a 16 year old, Spanish speaking female, who presents to your clinic complaining of shortness of breath and a cough for about 3 weeks. She denies having any fevers or chills. She is concerned because sometimes she feels short of breath when she plays soccer. Kenday discussed her symptoms with her mother who told her she had the same symptoms when she was a child and had to use some medication which helped her breathing but she was not sure why
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1. Based on subjective and objective data , what 3-5 questions would you ask Kenday?



2. What if any diagnostic procedures need to be performed and why?



3. Identify 3 differential diagnoses based on the subjective and objective findings and rule



them in and out based on pertinent data.



4. Identify your definitive diagnosis or assessment based on the pertinent subjective and



objective findings?



5. What type(s) of pharmacological treatments , if any, would you prescribe based on your



definitive diagnosis or assessment?



6. What type(s) of non-pharmacological treatments would you prescribe, if any , based on



your definitive diagnosis or assessment?



7. Based on your definitive diagnosis or assessment, what health



promotion/prevention interventions including safety -related and immunizations would



you provide?



8. Discuss the evidenced-based guidelines you used to answer the above questions



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Answer To: Kenday, is a 16 year old, Spanish speaking female, who presents to your clinic complaining of...

Robert answered on Dec 27 2021
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1. Based on subjective and objective data, what 3-5 questions would you ask Kenday?
 When you experienced breath shortenin
g and when you felt 1st time?
 Are symptoms experienced during playing? When you experience it at end of activity?
 Have u felt more winded while u sit and go to bed?
 Any other symptom experienced cough, chest pain, wheezing , leg pain, fever?
 Does any family member have lung or heart problem?
 Do u smoke? How much?
 Do u had journey by plane recently?
2. What if any diagnostic procedures need to be performed and why?
As she is experiencing breath shortening for long time during activity so diagnosis need to be
performed. As she feels it for long time need to consult the doctor.
So here Kenday is having shortness of breath and cough for about 3 weeks so she need to perform
diagnostic procedures.
3. Identify 3 differential diagnoses based on the subjective and objective findings and rule them in
and out based on pertinent data.
1. As Kenday have cough difficulty in breathe when she plays so she suffering from exercise-
induced bronchoconstriction, or EIB (exercise-induced asthma).
2. Bronchitis or Pneumonia-This also can causes breath shortening during exercise.
3. High...
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