July/August 2011 www.NursingMadeIncrediblyEasy.com Copyright © 2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) promotes awareness‚ education‚ and care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The committee annually reviews evidence-based guidelines for prevention‚ diagnosis‚ and treatment of COPD. We give you an overview of these guidelines. By Brenda L. Smith‚ MSN
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A kidney stone is a hard piece of material that is formed from substances in the urine and develops in a kidney. These hard stones may often come loose and move down the urinary tract. If it is small enough‚ it can pass through in the urine with little pain. However‚ the bigger kidney stones can lodge somewhere in the urinary tract‚ get stuck‚ and cause a lot of pain. It can also obstruct the flow of urine. This article explains what causes them‚ and describes several different treatments for them
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References: Anthonisen‚ N.R.‚ Manfreda‚ J. and Warren‚ C.P.W. (1987) Antibiotic-therapy in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary-disease. Annals of International Medicine‚ 106(2)‚ p. 196-204. Barbera‚ J.A.‚ Roca‚ J. and Ferrer‚ A. (1997) Mechanisms of worsening gas exchange during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. European Respiratory Journal‚ (10)‚ p. 1285-1291. Barnes‚ P. J. and Celli‚ B. R. (2009) Systemic manifestations and comorbidities
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has become one of the major leading causes of mortality worldwide and the prevalence has increased in the last decades (Konstantikaki et al.‚ 2011‚p. 275; Macedo & Usmani 2009‚p. 39). A report compiled by WHO described COPD will be the third leading of mortality rate in the world by 2020 ( Jain‚ Rohan‚ Sharma & Thakkar 2011‚p.258; Macedo & Usmani 2009. p. 39.It has become a serious economic and social burden in individual‚ family and society/ ( Konstantikaki
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student should be able to: 1) Define the following terms- acute and chronic inflammation‚ transmigration‚ pavementing‚ chemotaxis‚ phagocytosis 2) Name the cardinal signs of inflammation 3) Describe the sequence of vascular changes 4) Enumerate the cellular events of acute inflammation 5) List common examples of acute inflammation 6) List common examples of chronic inflammation 7) Describe the histological features of chronic inflammation 8) Differentiate between exudates and transudate 9)
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Any pain that is experienced for more than 3 months is referred to as chronic pain. Chronic pain can either be continuous or episodic depending on the individual’s experience. According to the American Pain Society (2015) “nearly 50 million American adults have significant chronic pain or severe pain. Prevalence rate for females is 34.3% and for men it is 26.7%”. Each individual experiences chronic pain differently such as type‚ timing and location of pain. Pain may be described as dull‚ sharp‚ burning
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COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Angelia Alleyne HCS/245 May 4‚ 2015 Professor Lori Olson COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ or COPD‚ is a long-term disease that causes breathing problems. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide. COPD‚ however‚ is a heterogeneous collection of diseases with differing causes‚ pathogenic mechanisms‚ and physiological effects. Therefore a comprehensive approach
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Personal Impact: A Patient Living with COPD Pamela D. Eliowitz NURS/427 May 28‚ 2012 Trecia Jones Personal Impact: A Patient Living with COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease‚ is a Chronic and progressive illness that affects a person’s ability to breath. The affects to breathing occur due to obstructive airways caused by production of mucous from continuous inflammation and by constrictive airways caused by the narrowing of the bronchial tubes from spasms
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Midwifery Council (NMC) 2008). Jim is a 69 year old man‚ attending the pulmonary rehabilitation programme (PRP). He also has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is prescribed short burst oxygen therapy (SBOT) to alleviate his symptoms. The World Health Organisation (WHO) (2013) defines COPD as a lung disease interfering with air flow to the lungs due to a chronic obstruction therefore; normal breathing pattern is not maintained and the adverse affects of COPD are not fully reversible
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to moderate obstructive pattern‚ which arises from inflammation in the small airways. There are a number of risk factors associated with this condition‚ which is commonly idiopathic. The microbiology of bronchiectasis is complex and changes as the disease progresses. The diagnosis is made by a combination of clinical symptoms and high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) demonstrating abnormal airway dilatation. Correspondence P.T. King Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Monash Medical Centre
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