St Peter's Hospital

(a) Determine if the color or amount of sputum has changed from normal (ie, smokers, patients with chronic respiratory disease). ii. Fever and chills with increased sputum production is a sign of infection. iii. Blood-tinged sputum: Warning sign of tuberculosis, or that airway blood vessels have broken from forceful coughing. iv. ................
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