COPD COPD is characterized by airflow limitation that is poorly reversible. Cumulative‚ chronic exposure to cigarette smoking is the number one cause of the disease‚ but repeated exposure to secondhand smoke‚ air pollution and occupational exposure (to coal‚ cotton‚ grain) are also important risk factors. Chronic inflammation plays a major role in COPD pathophysiology. Smoking and other airway irritants cause neutrophils‚ T-lymphocytes‚ and other inflammatory
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Health History and Examination Health Assessment of the Head‚ Neck‚ Eyes‚ Ears‚ Nose‚ Mouth‚ Throat‚ Neurological System‚ and the 12 Cranial Nerves Skin‚ Hair‚ Nails‚ Breasts‚ Peripheral Vascular System‚ Lymphatics‚ Thorax‚ Heart‚ Lungs‚ Musculoskeletal‚ Gastrointestinal‚ and Genitourinary Systems Save this form on your computer as a Microsoft Word document. You can expand or shrink each area as you need to include relevant data for your client. Student Name: StudentNeesha Date: 6/4/15 Client/Patient
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Student Name: Alanna Cooper | Date: 06-28-2013 | * Client/Patient Initials: F.F | Sex: F | Age: 83 | Occupation of Client/Patient: Retired Homemaker | Health History/Review of Systems(Complete and systematic review of systems) | Neurological System (headaches‚ head injuries‚ dizziness‚ convulsions‚ tremors‚ weakness‚ numbness‚ tingling‚ difficulty speaking‚ difficulty swallowing‚ etc medications):Patient c/o occasional headaches which are relieved with Tylenol.Patient
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others don’t‚ but it’s probably due to a combination of environmental and genetic (inherited) factors. Wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ chest tightness‚ and coughing. Prescribed medication such as inhalers identify and avoid asthma triggers Pneumonia Bacteria present in the atmosphere is taken in by your body and if not treated it may attack the lungs causing Fever‚ sweating and shaking chills
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at the morning rounds by the doctors if she needed to be transferred to an isolation room because of the query of swine flu. The doctors replied that she might only be a severe case of pneumonia as can be seen on the Chest X-ray. They also explained to the patient’s family that she is being treated for pneumonia and is also receiving antibiotics. Staff nurses who come in contact with the patient wore no protective equipment other than regular aprons and clean gloves‚ including myself and my mentor
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Pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial disease that causes uncontrollable‚ violent coughing. The coughing can make it hard to breathe. A deep "whooping" sound is often heard when the patient tries to take a breath Cause. Pertussis‚ or whooping cough‚ is an upper respiratory infection caused by the Bordetella pertussis or Bordetella parapertussis bacteria. It is a serious disease that can cause permanent disability in infants‚ and even death. When an infected person sneezes or coughs‚ tiny
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temperature of 102. The patient was expectoration‚ and hemoptysis. The patient was also bradypnen. The breathing was seven breaths pre minute. Laboratory Data- The patient was given an x-ray and an CT scan. Impression- Lung Cancer and Pneumonia Discussion-
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fungus was found in south-central Washington State (Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2014). Valley Fever is most common in Arizona and California. In southern Arizona‚ valley fever causes an estimated 15-30 percent of all community-acquired pneumonias‚ however less than 15 percent of the patients are actually tested for valley fever‚ suggesting there may be more people with the disease than reported (Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2014). The increase of risk for getting valley fever
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Chapter 68: Nursing Management: Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. To evaluate the effectiveness of ordered interventions for a patient with ventilatory failure‚ which diagnostic test will be most useful to the nurse? a. Chest x-ray b. Oxygen saturation c. Arterial blood gas analysis d. Central venous pressure monitoring ANS: C Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis is most useful in this setting because ventilatory failure causes problems with CO2
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effectiveness of the physician’s management of a patient’s cough is the response to specific treatment. Pratter et al. (2006) found with acute cough the most important first step is to decide whether the acute cough is potentially life threatening (Pneumonia‚ Severe Exacerbation of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD)‚ Pulmonary embolism (PE)‚ or Heart Failure) or not (Upper respiratory infection (URI)‚ Lower respiratory infection (LRI)‚ Asthma‚ Bronchiectasis‚ Upper Airway Cough Syndrome (UACS)
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