Your patient is a 68-year-old female in obvious respiratory distress. She is sitting in the tripod position on the side of the bed and is on home oxygen via nasal cannula at 2 liters per minute. You note diminished breath sounds bilaterally with audible wheezing. She appears malnourished and has a barrel chest. What is she most likely suffering from? COPD exacerbation CHF exacerbation Asthma attack Status asthmaticus
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