a 68 year old Male presents to the e m.j Regencydepartment with complainants of a 2- day history of difficultybreathing, cough, a d chest pain. Upon triage assessment, thepatient is found to have a fever, increased work of breathing,decreased oxygen saturation, and crackers upon asculation of thelungs. A chest x ray reveals considation in the right upper ly gfield. The patient is diagnosed with pneumonia, initiated on oxygentherapy, and admitted for observation and treatment. As The RN, youdocument t the care and assessment of the patient in the chartprior to transfer to an inpatient unit. what is the mostappropriate term for the clinical manifestation of disease asreported by the patient?
