Patients with chronic cardiopulmonary disorders all share an inability to do what?
a. Understand the disease process.
b. Regain functional use of atrophied mus-cles.
c. Improve tolerance for physical activity.
d. Cope effectively with their disease pro-cess.
ANS: D
Although differences in diagnoses can have an impact on treatment outcomes and survival, pa-tients with chronic pulmonary disorders have much in common. All have difficulty coping with the physiologic limitations of their diseases.
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