[Solved]: You have been dispatched to a call for a 65…

You have been dispatched to a call for a 65 year-old patient having diffulty breathing. Upon arrival, your patient is on home coygen © 2 LPM via nasal cannula. The patient presents with pursed lip breathing, gryish skin color, a barrel-shaped chest with suprectricular relractions on inspiration, and clubbed fingers. Their lung sounds are slightly diminished, and you hear thonchi. Vital signs are respirations 30 and labored B/P 130188, pulse 100 strong and regular. The patiert has a history of smoking for 40 years. This patient is most likely suffering from; a. exacerbation of asthma b. tuberculosis c. exacerbation of emphysema d. pneumonia e. bronchilis