RESPIRATORY SYSTEM Disease/Disorders ARDS Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome BOOP Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia CF Cystic Fibrosis COLD Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease DOE Dyspnea on Exertion Flu Influenza LTB Laryngotracheobronchitis OSA Obstructive Sleep Apnea PCP Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia PE Pulmonary Embolism PND Parorysonal Nocturnal Dyspnea RDS Respiratory Distress Syndrome SOB Shortness of Breath
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streptococcal throat infection to acute pneumonia. However‚ acute bacterial epiglottitis seems to be the most likely. Due to intensive research‚ it seems that George Washington would have in fact survived
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COPD Salve Aguilar West Coast University Pathophysiology Dr. Isabelle Tardif August 7‚ 2015 Abstract The case study presents the outcome of smoking that resulted to RS’ chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His ABGs’ show partially compensated respiratory acidosis as manifested by decreased pH‚ increased PaCO2‚ decreased PaO2 and increased HCO3. RS most likely has the following clinical findings caused by COPD: enlarged right heart along with the signs and symptoms
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A 60-year-old patient presents for a routine checkup. He is a former cigarette smoker with a 60-pack-year smoking history‚ but he quit smoking 5 years ago. He denies any chest pain‚ cough‚ shortness of breath‚ or weight loss. Which of the following is the most appropriate screening method for lung cancer in this patient? A: 3 consecutive sputum samples for cytology B: Chest radiography • The reason this is the wrong answer is because there is no mortality benefit that is associated with the yearly
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spokesperson for their unit to help increase compliance with the high reliability culture. We use bundles‚ such as ventilator bundles in our ICU to ensure that we do everything evidence based to prevent ventilator associated pneumonia. These steps have resulted in no ventilator acquired pneumonia for the last year. We also try to implement hourly rounding. This unfortunately has become an example of pencil whipping. Nurses have a sheet at the patients door where they are supposed to initial each hour that they
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Legionnaires’ Disease is pneumonia that’s caused by bacteria (Center For Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2015). The name of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s is Legionella pneumophila. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs; this specific type of pneumonia is serious and can threaten one’s life. The body system that is affected is the respiratory system. Another body system that can be affected is the digestive system. This disease can lead to complications such as respiratory failure‚ septic
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Spirometer Breathing can become difficult for a patient after surgery‚ when they have pneumonia‚ a lung disease like (COPD)‚ or if they become on extensive bed rest. The patient may find that they can only take small‚ shallow breaths. Breathing this way makes it harder to get air into the patient lungs and can cause fluid and mucus to build up in the lungs. This could cause a serious lung infection like pneumonia. An incentive spirometer is a breathing exercise used to help a patient take deep breaths
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Isolation Precautions Special precautionary measures‚ practices‚ and procedures used in the care of patients with contagious or communicable diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides explicit and comprehensive guidelines for control of the spread of infectious disease in the care of hospitalized patients. The type of infectious disease a patient has dictates the kind of isolation precautions necessary to prevent spread of the disease to others. Standard Precautions are
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Answers: • How many times a year were + for pneumonia? Infections per year? • What was the onset of when this first started taking place? Timeline? • What Antibiotic therapies were used? • Who is her primary MD? Assuming this is the ER? • Smoking hx? • Are you having night sweats or chills? • Inappropriate levels of fatigue? Outside when she is having bouts of pneumonia? • Any recent
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome In the field of respiratory therapy‚ we are the fighters that must preserve the breath of life. The battlefield we wage war on is riddled with many diseases and hardships for us to help our patients overcome by any means necessary. One of the main heavy hitters in this battle is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This condition is very deadly and is a tough opponent that must be defeated. ARDS is a dangerous condition affecting a vast group of patients
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