Relatively easy to perform‚ for both the patient and the clinician‚ Spirometry testing is noninvasive. The spirometry tests measure lung volumes. There are many reasons spirometry testing is done. Most common would be to assess lung function in disease process‚ but studies are also done in exercise testing for lung capacity and expenditure of oxygen. Speech Language Pathologists are also concerned with Spirometry testing. The lungs are the power house of speech; therefore in assessing speech disorders
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Emphysema is a lung disorder that slowly deteriorates the air sacs known as alveoli in our lungs. Alveoli are tiny sacs located inside our lungs that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to move between the lungs and blood stream (Study.com). When the Alveoli’s are damaged‚ this causes an individual to become increasingly short of breathe. When the inner walls of the air sacs located inside of our lungs becomes weaken‚ they eventually rupture creating one large air space instead of several small air spaces
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changed and neither the ward nor the hospital shall be disclosed. The patient is Miss Webster who is a 46 year old female admitted to the ward with shortness of breath and an exacerbation of her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Her past medical history includes asthma‚ COPD‚ chronic bronchitis‚ frequent chest infections‚ endometriosis‚ polycystic ovarian syndrome and a radical hysterectomy in 2007. As previously mentioned the Roper Logan and Tierney model shall be used in order
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people than any other disease in the world‚ 5.4 million death in 2004 and more than 100 million over the twentieth century. However‚ smokers do not fully understand the risks they take by smoking. It affects a person physically and mentally‚ economically and socially. First of all‚ smoking affects a smoker physically and mentally. Nicotine in cigarettes or cigars is a highly addictive substance. The tar and carbon monoxide in cigarettes increase a smoker’s risk of heart diseases‚ brain tumors and lung
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Nicotine is addictive and increases cholesterol levels in the body. Carbon dioxide reduces oxygen in the blood which can lead to several organic disorders and a high blood pressure. Components of the gas can cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. Smoking also contributes to diseases like asthma‚ macular degeneration‚ bad breath‚ ulcers and impotence. Health insurance funds face all these sicknesses and pay a lot for therapies and preventions of recrudescences of the smoking population and so
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May 13‚ 2012 A QUALITATIVE CRITIQUE ON TOBACCO USE Tobacco smoking is a leading health issues in the current world. Smoking is the major cause of many lung diseases like lung cancer‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ bronchitis and asthma. People who smoke are high risk for fatal conditions like stroke and coronary artery disease. Smoking also leads to impotency‚ congenital abnormalities‚ preterm or still birth. Nurses getting too much time to contact with patients‚ so they can play a vital
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NC; 10-15 LPM via NRB; 15 LPM via BVM Pediatric: 1-6 LPM via NC; 10-15 LPM via NRB; 15 LPM via BVM Common side effects: Dry or bloody nose‚ skin irritation from the nasal cannula or face mask Precautions/major interactions: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and very prolonged administration of high concentrations in the newborn. Drug: Oral Glucose Generic Glutose‚ Insta-Glucose Class of medication: Monosaccharide Carbohydrate ACTION: After absorption from GI tract‚
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Mrs. S. is an 83 year old woman with multiple medical problems‚ including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (for which she sees a pulmonologist)‚ atrial fibrillation and systolic heart failure (for which she sees a cardiologist)‚ hypertension‚ diabetes‚ depression‚ and mild dementia. She comes to your provider’s office today with a new list of medications. Her pulmonologist changed her inhaler from one brand/strength to another brand/strength‚ but she is not sure why. Her cardiologist took her
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There are two types of stress tests‚ there is a standard stress test and there is a nuclear stress test. A stress test is used to measure if the heart is getting enough blood supply‚ or to screen for other heart conditions such as coronary artery disease. (Riley-Clark. 2015). I saw a stress test performed during rotation. The patient had to walk for six minutes on a treadmill at a small incline while having a electrodes to an EKG hooked to their chest. They were monitored for symptoms such as shortness
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Parker1 Avery Parker Smoking Bans Essay English 1301 Wooldridge 06 August 2012 Banned Against Smoking Smoking has always been a bad habit for most people‚ some more than others. Regardless of awareness that smoking damages their health‚ smokers could not easily give up on smoking due to physical and mental addiction‚ stress‚ and peer pressure. Dozens of localities and a number of states have enacted sweeping smoking bans. To many people tobacco smoke is considered as air pollution. Smoking
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