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You are assessing a 40-year-old male patient for a sore throat. As you assess the patient's symptoms, he states he is having some chest tightness that he thinks is indigestion from all the cough drops he has been taking. What would you want to ask next? Ask the patient what other medications he is taking Ask if he has any tums he can take for the indigestion Ask how long the chest tightness has been going on Ask the patient if he is more concerned with the sore throat or chest tightness right now.

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