MANAGEMENT OF BREATHLESSNESS IN LUNG CANCER Breathlessness is one of the most common symptoms of advanced cancer‚ particularly lung cancer. Reported incidence varies between 30% - 70%(J. Carner).30% of all the patient experience it during some part of their illness and it goes as high 79% with lung cancer. (Mora Kearney). Despite being prevalent it is most of the time not recognised by the health professional‚ when it is really serious. May be due to the fact that patient sometimes do not come
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Road traffic accidents (RTA) remain the most common cause of injuries accounting for 57 - 70% of chest trauma patient. Between 20 - 46% of deaths in poly-traumatic patients are due to chest injury (1‚ 2) . Pneumothorax is a common complication of blunt chest trauma.(3) Rate of occurrence of tension pneumothorax is 10% while traumatic pneumothorax‚ iatrogenic pneumothorax and delayed pneumothorax occur in 33.6%‚ 18.1% and 12% traumatic population‚ respectively (3) . Mechanism of chest trauma including
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Pericarditis The patient who is complaining of retrosternal chest pain which is sharp and relieved by sitting up or leaning forward‚ gets worse when lying down‚ breathing‚ coughing and radiates to the both arms will tell us that it might be acute pericarditis. In this case physical examination will show decrease in apex pulse‚ by percussion the heart would be slightly enlarged and a slight friction rub by auscultation on lower left sternal border. And then we will do diagnostic tests including
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Pneumonia is one of the most common infectious diseases prevalent nowadays and affects all ages. It is an acute or chronic infection of one or both lungs caused by microorganisms‚ such as viruses‚ bacteria or chemical irritants. (Schmitt‚ 2011) It has different types‚ and one of them is Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). CAP is a disease in which individuals who have not recently been hospitalized develop an infection of the lungs. It occurs because the areas of the lung
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facility. In the early stage‚ a person with bacterial pneumonia may have these classic symptoms - coughing‚ sputum production‚ chest pain‚ shaking‚ chills‚ and fever. A doctor may hear an abnormal breath sound called crackles and discover signs of pleural effusion‚ abnormal fluid buildup in the
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manifestations physicians find with individuals with left heart failure include‚ coughing up mucus‚ fatigue‚ and a decreased urine output. Physicians will also perform a physical examination to check for pulmonary edema by observing the patient for pulmonary effusion‚ inspiratory crackles or cyanosis (Huether & McCance‚ 2012). After this examination‚ the physician would likely order an EKG to confirm
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The usual symptoms felt by a patient are headhache‚ high fever reaching 40 degrees Celsius‚ muscle and joint pains and rashes. In more serious cases‚ vomiting‚ diarrhea‚ and mouth and nose bleeding may be observed. In the Critical Phase‚ pleural effusion‚ ascites‚ gastrointestinal bleeding‚ and hypotension are observed. These causes the patient to have blood colored urine and excrement. As for the Recovery Phase‚ for those who underwent a stronger strain of Dengue virus‚ seizures and altered
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Robbins & Cotran Basis of Disease – 9th Edition Pg. 370-377 Mycobacteria Bacteria in the genus Mycobacterium are slender‚ aerobic rods that grow in straight or branching chains. Mycobacteria have a unique waxy cell wall composed of unusual glycolipids and lipids including mycolic acid‚ which makes them acid-fast‚ meaning they will retain stains even on treatment with a mixture of acid and alcohol. They are weakly gram positive. Tuberculosis Tuberculosis is a serious chronic pulmonary and systemic
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conditions. The pt does have a recent history of a trip that involved sitting in a truck for a long period of time during the past few weeks. There are no obvious signs of trauma and in the ER he had a normal EKG and echocardiogram‚ however a bloody pleural effusion was found during the ER workup. A CBC with differential shows no abnormal blood counts. Tuberculosis was ruled out by a CT scan and ACE level testing of his sputum. Multiple standard diagnostic imaging studies did not show any obvious abnormalities
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lungs can stand abuse from some smoke and pollutants‚ there are a variety of disorders and diseases that can be completely temporary and harmless‚ while others can be life-threatening. Respiratory diseases include diseases that affect the lungs‚ pleural cavity‚ trachea‚ bronchial tubes‚ and the muscles and nerves it takes to breathe. Respiratory diseases can be classified by several different things‚ such as the organ involved‚ the pattern of the symptoms‚ or the cause of the disease. There are a
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