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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Reglan BMI = kg/ height ^2 or lbs x 703/height^2 Stoma assessment = check size‚ color‚ drainage‚ skin‚ should be shiny‚ moist‚ deep rich red Pancreatitis = autodigestion of the pancreas from premature activation of the digestive enzymes. Chronic is from ETOH usage‚ acute is from autodigestion. In pancreatitis‚ the “ases” (aces) are high. Low calcium and magnesium. s/s Ulcerative Colitis = in large intestine‚ ab pain/cramping right lower‚ anorexia‚ weight loss‚ fever‚ diarrhea 15-20x
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lactic acidosis is the most extreme. Once lactic acidosis begins to accumulate within the body it can result in alcohol‚ cancer‚ liver failure‚ and seizures. Metabolic alkalosis causes are fever‚ being at a high altitude‚ lack of oxygen‚ liver disease‚ lung disease‚ and aspirin poisoning (Graham‚ T.
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auscultation‚ she had normal heart sounds with no murmurs. There was an expiratory wheeze throughout both lungs. I could hear crepes bilaterally‚ more on the right than left- crackly on inspiration and wheezy on expiration‚ which could possibly suggest pulmonary oedema. On palpation‚ percussion was more resonant on the left‚ as was vocal and tactile fremitus. There was also more chest expansion on the left than right. She showed signs of peripheral oedema bilaterally at the ankles. This patient appears
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emphysematous COPD? Chronic bronchitis‚ also known as type B COPD or “blue bloater” in most cases (90%) is caused by cigarette smoking with the typical patient being overweight. It is symptomatically diagnosed with a conformation of chest radiography showing increased bronchial vascular markings‚ congested lung fields‚ enlarged horizontal cardiac silhouette and evidence of previous pulmonary infection (this is why RS’s right lower lobe is thought to be consistent with pneumonia). As well pulmonary function
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Chronic Disease: Asthma Outline Kyle S. Leister SCI-162 08/12/2012 Dr. John Wallman Chronic Disease: Asthma Outline I. Introduction: Looking at Asthma and breaking it down to fully understand the chronic disease. II. Description of Asthma: A. Meaning of Asthma 1. Asthma as a word means‚ “To breathe hard.” Just as the definition of the word‚ people with asthma have a hard time breathing‚ tightness in the chest and wheezing can occur. It is also a chronic disease of the respiratory
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Cigarette Smoking and the Secondhand Smoking Disease‚ Emphysema Gregory A. Smith‚ Jr. University of Phoenix COMM/105 Dr. R. LoDato March 24‚ 2010 Cigarette smoking is a worldwide problem. Studies show that one in three adult’s smoke‚ with more than one billion people smoking worldwide
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Asthma is a chronic lung disease that causes a person’s air pathways to be inflamed. It also causes a person’s air pathways to be narrower. The cause of asthma has not been determined‚ but there are some risk factors that can contribute to the reason why someone has this lung disease. The risk factors are parents who have asthma‚ a tendency to develop allergies‚ throughout childhood getting different respiratory infections‚ and exposure to air borne allergies throughout childhood. It
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Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by symptoms such as difficulty breathing‚ wheezing‚ coughing‚ and tightness in the chest. If the asthma symptoms are triggered by exposure to chemicals or other substances on the job‚ the condition is called occupational asthma (Tarlo & Lemiere‚ 2014). The symptoms of OA may begin within 24 hours of the exposure or after a latency period of weeks to months. They generally subside on weekends and holidays if the disease is true occupational asthma. Occupational
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RUBRIC FOR PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 370 (Signature Assignment: Written Assignment) Criteria Exceeding Expectations (4) Meeting Expectations (3) Approaching Expectations (2) Not Meeting Expectations (1) Score Content / Information Discussion Question 1 CLO 3 For consequences of COPD‚ identifies effects: 1) on the right heart‚ 2) on RBC number‚ 3) in blood gases‚ 4) clinical findings Information is scientifically sound‚ thorough‚ necessary and sufficient. Provides 3-4 consequences of
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