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Mrs. Bean is a 60-year-old woman who recently spent 5 days in the hospital for pneumonia, where she received intravenous antibiotics and respiratory therapy. She was discharged 1 week ago and has been at home with her husband, who assists in her care. She has arthritis and typically is not very physically active. Mrs. Bean returned to her primary care provider for a checkup and complained of increasing difficulty breathing, headache, and coughing up yellowish- colored sputum. Can you  help me to say What do you think the cues mean? (What do the signs and symptoms tell you)

Mrs. Bean is a 60-year-old woman who recently spent 5 days in the hospital for pneumonia, where she received intravenous antibiotics and respiratory therapy. She was discharged 1 week ago and has been at home with her husband, who assists in her care. She has arthritis and typically is not very physically active. Mrs. Bean returned to her primary care provider for a checkup and complained of increasing difficulty breathing, headache, and coughing up yellowish- colored sputum. Can you  help me to say What do you think the cues mean? (What do the signs and symptoms tell you)

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Mrs. Bean is a 60-year-old woman who recently spent 5 days in the hospital for pneumonia, where she received intravenous antibiotics and respiratory therapy. She was discharged 1 week ago and has been at home with her husband, who assists in her care. She has arthritis and typically is not very physically active. Mrs. Bean returned to her primary care provider for a checkup and complained of increasing difficulty breathing, headache, and coughing up yellowish- colored sputum.

Can you  help me to say What do you think the cues mean? (What do the signs and symptoms tell you) please?

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