TITLE: Pneumonia Most Common Infection After Heart Surgery DATE: Nov. 30 ‚ 2011 SOURCE: http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/ The study also revealed that most infections occur about two weeks after surgery‚ not one week as physicians previously thought. "It’s not what we expected to find‚" said Michael A. Acker‚ M.D.‚ the study’s lead researcher and professor and chief of cardiovascular surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Quantitative Research Study Vanesia Davis Kelly Grand Canyon University Intro to Nursing Research-NRS/433V April 15‚ 2012 Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a bacterial infection that occurs in the lower respiratory system within the first 48 hours of endotrachal intubation (Lewis‚ Dirksen‚ Heitkemper‚ Bucher‚ & Camera‚ 2011). Although any hospital patient is susceptible to pneumonia‚ ventilator dependent patients are
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Definition: Lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection. (2) Pathophysiology: Pneumonia is an excess of fluid in the lungs resulting from an inflammatory process. It is an acute infection of the alveoli. This is a global problem‚ and the WHO (World Health Organization) suggests that it is the most common cause of death in children and that 1.4 million die each year as a result of pneumonia. Pneumonia may also occur as a complication in hospital settings‚ secondary to surgery. The inflammation
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Case Study: Pneumonia and Pressure Ulcer Prevention in an Elderly MICU Patient June 6‚ 2012 Case Study: Pneumonia and Sepsis in an Elderly MICU Patient L.M. is a 75-year-old female who suffers from severe dementia and lives in a SNF. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2005 and as a result had a right upper and middle lobectomy. She also has a history of severe emphysema. L.M. has had several pneumonic infections and has an allergy to Pneumovax. She has a recurrent
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What is pneumonia? Pneumonia is a lung infection that can make you very sick. You may cough‚ run a fever‚ and have a hard time breathing. For most people‚ pneumonia can be treated at home. It often clears up in two to three weeks‚ but older adults‚ babies‚ and people with other diseases can become very ill. They may need to be in the hospital. You can get pneumonia in your daily life‚ such as at school or work. This is called community-associated pneumonia. You can also get it when you are in a
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Pediatric Community – Acquired Pneumonia (PCAP) Group 1 Rivera‚ Geraldine U. Rodicol‚ Arsenio A. Serrano‚ Marian Joyce E. Tumamao‚ Jayson G. Vidad‚ Angelica B. I. INTRODUCTION * Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of several diseases in which individuals who have not recently been hospitalized develop an infection of the lungs (pneumonia). CAP is a common illness and can affect people of all ages. CAP often causes problems like difficulty in breathing‚ fever‚ chest pains
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Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a nosocomial infection occurring in hospitalized patients who are mechanically ventilated. These infections are common in ICU settings‚ difficult to diagnose early‚ and unfortunately have a high rate of mortality and morbidity. VAP accounts for almost half of infections in ICU settings‚ up to 28% of mechanically ventilated patients will develop VAP and of these patients the mortality rate is between 20% and 70% (Craven & Steger‚ 1998). A patient that develops
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Pt. is an 83yo female admitted to hospital 10 days ago with dx of Bronchial Pneumonia. Admitted to SNF 2 days ago with balance and strength deficits. Pt. lives alone in a first floor apartment with 2 steps to enter with bilateral rails‚ and was relatively healthy prior to hospital stay. Pt. still drives and has a daughter who lives in the area. S. Pt. states ”I feel pretty good but am unsteady when I sit up in bed and try to walk” O. Pt. seen for 30 min tx on this date w/ focus on static
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"A Student Nurse ’s Bibliography on Pneumonia" Early Intervention for the Pneumonia Patient: An Emergency Department Triage Protocol Preventing Nosocomial Pneumonia I. Background/Rationale Pneumonia is a respiratory disease that causes an inflammation of the lung parenchyma commonly caused by microbial agents such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae. The disease is acquired through inhalation of the microorganism in respiratory droplets‚ as well as aspiration of secretions
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Aspiration pneumonia is an inflammation of your lungs and the bronchial tubes after you inhale oral or gastric content. Inhaling materials like vomit‚ food‚ or liquids can cause bacteria to grow inside your lungs that can turn into pneumonia. The anatomy of the lungs is meant for gas exchange‚ so when liquid or other materials enter the lungs this can prevent the lungs from doing their job. Aspiration pneumonia is more common in people with impaired gag reflexes. Individuals that are more likely
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