Your patient with an advanced pulmonary fungal infection has cor pulmonale. How will this manifest itself?

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Cor pulmonale is right-sided heart failure caused by lung disease, which results in an increase in pulmonary vascular resistance. This increases the workload on the right ventricle, causing it to hypertrophy and ultimately fail. One of the classic signs of cor pulmonale is distended neck veins, which indicates increased right atrial pressure. Poor skin turgor, wheezy breath sounds, or asymmetrical chest movement are not classic signs of cor pulmonale.

Your Patient with an Advanced Pulmonary Fungal Infection Has Cor