physiotheray Role of supportive management with therapeutic management among causes of COPD Introduction:- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ also known as chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD)‚ chronic obstructive airway disease (COAD)‚ chronic airflow limitation (CAL) and chronic obstructive respiratory disease (CORD)‚ is the occurrence of chronic bronchitis or emphysema‚ a pair of commonly co-existing diseases of the lungs in which
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Bronchial Asthma | Pediatric and Adolescent Care (psych) | Jessica Chrysostom 00022492Deniece La Roche 00036255Kendon Simmons 00039205 | Table of Contents Topic Page # Introduction 2-4 Clinical Manifestation 4 Asthma and Age Diagnosis Diagnostic challenges Major Criteria
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Asthma Asthma is a respiratory disease. Asthma has a high reactivity of the bronchial tubes to various stimuli and that reaction blocks air flow by narrowing and obstructing the trachea and lungs. (Woollbert‚ Robert‚ 1996) This causes difficulty breathing‚ and while it’s normally temporary and reversible it can still be life threatening. Normally a person with Asthma has triggers. There are two main sections triggers fall under‚ a viral illness or an allergy. A viral illness is
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ventilation Emergency management If improving 40-60% O2 • prednisolone 40-50mg/ 24hrs PO • Nebulized salbutamol every 4hrs • Monitor peak flow • Emergency management If not improving after 15mins Continue 100% O2 • Repeat steroids • Salbutamol nebulizers every 15min or 10mg continuous per hour • Ipratropium 0.5mg every 4-6hrs • Emergency management If patient still not improving at >30mins Consider MgSO4 1.2-2g IV over 20mins • Aminophylline IV • Transfer to ICU for ventilation • Emergency
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methacholine challenge test‚ pulse oximetry‚ chest x-ray‚ pulmonary function tests (for pneumonia)‚ evaluation of the sinuses‚ evaluation for Heartburn and GERD (gastro esophageal reflux disease) and evaluation for allergies. Patient is treated with a nebulizer delivered by a device called a metered dose inhaler or MDI. 5U-Room 3: Patient has
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Answer: 97761 x 4 15. Which of the following medicine code is reported in addition to the basic service code when a service is provided after hours on Monday? Answer 99050 16. CPT codes for the ______ subsection report therapies such as nebulizer treatments spirometry. Answer: Pulmonary 17. If an established patient is given
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The Family Structural Theory provides a method in which a nurse is able to identify how family members interact with one another to establish a baseline. These interactions create patterns of behavior that the nurse is able to focus on when assessing how‚ why‚ and under what circumstances family members behave in their assumed roles‚ how they are organized as a family‚ what their established boundaries are‚ and how they are able to adapt when faced with change‚ illness‚ or crisis. If these family
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Emergency Response "Disaster in Franklin County" Julie Beal‚ RN Western Governors University HAT 1 725.8 April 24‚ 2013 Emergency Response "Disaster in Franklin County" The role of major health personnel in an emergency is to manage the safety and well being of the people in their community during and after a natural or man-made disaster. This is done by assessing the details of what occurred‚ what needs must be met and facilitating a team to organize information about the event
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of the most common treatments is physiotherapy‚ where a trained person (usually a family member) manipulates the tissue around the trachea to shift mucus but this can be painful and is time consuming. Medication that is taken orally or through a nebulizer include mucolytics (which break down mucus)‚ corticosteroids (improves respiratory function)‚ bronchodilators (which relax the smooth muscle in lungs) and antibiotics (to treat continuous infections). Pancreatic enzyme supplements are also taken
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Determination of Trace Amount of Copper and Zinc in an Aqueous Solution by Atomic Absorbance Spectroscopy Abstract: The purpose of this experiment is to analyze a sample containing copper and zinc in trace amounts‚ where standard addition method was used and the instrument used is the atomic absorbance spectroscopy. The amount of copper obtained was 0.569 ppm ± 0.015 and for zinc we obtained 0.42 ppm ± 0.0027. Introduction: This method implies the excitation of particles in the solution sample
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