Nursing Care Plan for Chest Pain NURSING DIAGNOSIS OUTCOME/GOALS INTERVENTIONS EVALUATION Acute chest pain related to ischemic cardiomyopathy as evidenced by tightness in chest. Patient will be chest pain free for duration of shift. Assess for chest pain q 4 hours during shift. Monitor vital signs q 4 hours during shift. Educate patient on importance of lifestyle modifications such as weight loss. Goal was met. Pt was chest pain free during shift. NURSING DIAGNOSIS
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DEATH SUMMARY Patient Name: Putul‚ Barua Patient ID: 135799 Room No.: CCU4 Date of Admission: 01/07/2014 Date of Death: 01/15/2014 00:41 Admitting Physician: Simon William‚ MD‚ Pulmonology Consultants: J.K. McClain ‚MD Cardiology / Treveor Jordan‚ Nephrology This 42 year-old gentlemen was admitted on January 7th and expire on January 15. He was admitted with progressive tachycardia‚ hemoptysis‚ and dyspenia. Please see his admission history and physical exam for details. HOSPITAL
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Emphysema and lung cancer are 2 condition related to smoking. (A) Emphysema is described has a Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is a combination of lung damage and mucous production that makes it hard to breathe. This is a chronic condition caused by damage to the alveoli air sacs in the lung. When the lungs are exposed to cigarette smoke‚ causes excess mucus production due to the destruction of lung tissue in the smaller airways. This makes them unable to hold there structure properly
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Asthma and emphysema are both known as obstructive lung diseases. Obstructive lung disease occurs when the airway is obstructed and is worse with expiration. For example‚ more force is required to exhale and emptying the lungs is slowed (Huether & McCance‚ 2012‚ p. 689). The most common type of obstructive lung diseases are asthma‚ chronic bronchitis‚ and emphysema. Although‚ they are categorized as obstructive lung disease they have many similarities in that they have similar symptoms such as
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HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION or EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TREATMENT RECORD Patient Name: Putul Barua Patient ID: 135799 Sex: Male Room No.: CCU4 Date of Admission/Date of Arrival: 01/07/2013 Admitting/Attending Physician: Simon Williams‚ MD Admitting Diagnosis: 1.) Rule out myocardial infarction. 2.) History of tuberculosis. 3.) Hemoptysis. 4.) Status post embolectomy. CHIEF COMPLAINT Tightness in the chest‚ shortness of breath‚ fast heart rate. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS
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Prescriptive Case Study Three Ms. Tesla comes into the cardiology office‚ complaining of fatigue‚ palpitations‚ shortness of breath with mild activity‚ ongoing consistently for the past week without any chest pain or syncopal episodes. She is a 75-year-old woman with a history of atrial fibrillation (AFib)‚ controlled type 2 diabetes‚ myocardial infarction (MI) with a history of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to right coronary artery‚ stage IV chronic renal failure‚ and a mild mitral regurgitation
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PNEUMOTHORAX Description Pneumothorax is presence of air in the pleural cavity. It prevents your lung from expanding properly when you try to breathe in‚ causing shortness of breath and chest pain. It is also called as Collapse lung. A primary pneumothorax occurs without an apparent cause and in the absence of significant lung disease‚ while a secondary pneumothorax occurs in the presence of existing lung pathology. Tension pneumothorax develops occasionally and is a medical emergency. Unless reversed
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Cystic fibrosis is when thick mucus is produced due to a hereditary genetic disorder; the mucus produced is so thick that it clogs the body’s tubes and passageways. Cystic fibrosis is caused by the mutation in a gene known as the CFTR gene; this fault in the gene causes the normal workings of a protein to be blocked allowing too much salt and not enough water into cells. These result in the build-up of thick mucus in the body’s tubes and passageways blocking them‚ these blockages damage the lungs
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Title: All about Chronic Bronchitis Meta Keywords: Treatments for COPD in Pune Meta Description: Chronic bronchitis is a persistent cough that lasts up to 3-12 months. Salt therapy is one of the most effective treatments for COPD in Pune. All About Chronic Bronchitis We all disregard bronchitis thinking it’s just a cough‚ but did you know chronic bronchitis kills more than 120‚000 people every year? Fewer people have died due to car crashs in comparison to the bronchitis disease.
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Clostridium difficile also called C. difficile‚ it is an inflammation of the colon caused by the bacteria that can caused swelling and irritation of the large intestine‚ or colon. clostridium difficile is a bacterium that causes diarrhea and more serious intestinal condition such as colitis. Clostridium difficile is recognized as a toxin producing anaerobic bacterium responsible for colitis infection. The main risk factors for clostridium difficile infections are antibiotic exposure‚ hospitalization
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