You and your OEC candidate are evaluating a 67-year-old patient with respiratory distress. You tell the candidate to document that the patient complains of dyspnea. The candidate asks you what "dyspnea" means. You explain that dyspnea is:
a. a term that describes a patient who is in respiratory distress.
b. a subjective complaint of shortness of breath.
c. a term that describes your objective assessment of a patient's difficulty in breathing.
d. another term for tachypnea.
Answer: b
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