Sam (name changed to protect confidentiality) is a nine month old boy who was born at 26 weeks and diagnosed with chronic lung disease. He was sent home on 0.3 litres (L) of oxygen per minute with the view of gradually weaning this down as he grew stronger. When I joined the community nurse visiting Sam at home‚ he had been weaned down to 0.1L of oxygen per minute‚ so was now having his time on oxygen weaned down; from continuous oxygen eventually to none. The community nurses follow the trust’s
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damage the health of non-smokers. Health reasons are at the top of the list to why the banning of smoking in public places has come about. The Surgeon General has stated that smoking increases the risk of respiratory diseases such as emphysema‚ chronic bronchitis and pulmonary diseases. It has also been shown that‚ smokers have twice the risk of having heart attacks and not surviving‚ than non-smokers. For women‚ smoking has unique risks. Women over 35 who smoke and use oral contraceptives are in a
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should be banned. Most people know that smoking can cause lung cancer‚ but it can also cause many other cancers‚ diseases and illnesses. In the UK there are over 100‚000 deaths each year and contributes too many more. From these deaths‚ about 42‚800 are from smoking related cancers‚ 30‚600 are from cardiovascular disease and 29‚100 people die slowly from emphysema and chronic lung diseases. The cigarettes that you are smoking contain more than 4000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances
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unhealthy is it to smoke cigarettes? And how is it exactly cigarettes affect your body and your health? A cigarette contains about 4000 different chemicals and 400 toxic substances. These chemicals may cause cancer and many other life threatening diseases. Cigarettes damage the cells and systems of the human body. The chemicals are drawn into the body every time a smoker inhales. This causes changes in cell functions and genetic changes that ultimately leads to cancer. Smokers are often suffering
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University Princess Aisha Bint Al-Hussein‚ Faculty of NursingJordan 3.Al-Zaytoonah Private University‚ Faculty of Nursing-Jordan 1. ABSTRACT Background: Pulmonary function testing is a routine procedure for the assessment and monitoring of respiratory diseases. Aim: To estimate the values of peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR)‚ forced expiratory volume in first second (FEV1)‚ forced vital capacity (FVC) and ratio between FEV1/FVC among smoking and nonsmoking students‚ staff and workers at Al-Zarqa Private
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Emphysema: Emphysema is a long-term‚ progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath due to over-inflation of the alveoli. The biggest know cause or risk factor for emphysema is smoking. while the following are not as important as primary cigarette smoke exposure‚ they are minor contributory risk factors: low body weight‚ childhood respiratory disorders‚ exposure to passive cigarette smoke‚ air pollution‚ occupational dust or inhaled chemicals. symptoms of the condition
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across the United States as well as Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands.” (www.answers.com). The American Lung Association’s goals are to eliminate tobacco use and tobacco-related lung disease‚ improve the air we breathe so it will not cause or worsen lung disease‚ and to reduce the burden of the lung disease on patients and their families. The American Lung Association is a non-profit service organization that funds research; develops public education materials‚ sponsors conferences‚ and lobbies
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Hello my name is ---------and here to persuade you to stop smoking. Smoking is not only bad for health it is also as bad for the people around you. Breathing other people’s smoke is called passive‚ involuntary or secondhand smoking. The non-smoker breathes "side stream" smoke from the burning tip of the cigarette and "mainstream" smoke that has been inhaled and then exhaled by the smoker. Secondhand smoke is a major source of indoor air pollution. How does this affect the passive
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Journal Of Medical Sciences 63.11 (2009): 520-533. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Oct. 2012. From this journal I learned more about the direct risks from smoking cigarettes and how it increases the chances of getting some sort of cardiovascular disease. Also how smoking has been claimed to cause eleven percent of cardiovascular deaths. Haustein‚ K. O. Tobacco or Health?: Physiological and Social Damages Caused by Tobacco Smoking. Berlin: Springer‚ 2003. Print. This book gave me a lot of information
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suffering from shortness of breath. The patient had been prescribed the oxygen therapy due to deterioration in their breathing ability (Higgins‚ 2005). The patient in question had been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). COPD comprises of a number of illnesses including chronic bronchitis and emphysema; in each of the conditions there is an obstruction to airflow (NICE 2010). COPD is a long term condition that is usually progressive and cannot be reversed‚ however in some
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