A patient tells the nurse that when he is exposed to cigarette smoke he begins to get short of breath, starts coughing, and gets a "high-pitched noise" in his lungs when he breathes. The nurse would ask additional assessment questions about which pulmonary disorder?
1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD)
2. Asthma
3. Emphysema
4. Pneumonia
Answer: 2
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