Shortness of breath, The patient is a 48 year old woman

Shortness of breath

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You are an NP seeing the following patient in the ER. The patient is a 48 year old woman with hx of HIV, HLD who presents with 4 days of shortness of breath. It is constant and has gotten worse over the past few days and now she can't complete her normal activity of walking 30 minutes daily. Activity makes it worse and rest makes it better. This has been accompanied by a productive cough and fever. Her VS include T 101.3, HR 100, BP 120/70, RR 28, sat 86% on RA. Which of the following would you order to help you with your preliminary work-up for this patient? Select all that apply. Chest XR CTA Pulmonary Emobolism Study Respiratory Viral Panel Procalcitonin.

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