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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Chapter 28: Nursing Management: Lower Respiratory Problems Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Following assessment of a patient with pneumonia‚ the nurse identifies a nursing diagnosis of ineffective airway clearance. Which assessment data best supports this diagnosis? a. Weak‚ nonproductive cough effort b. Large amounts of greenish sputum c. Respiratory rate of 28 breaths/minute d. Resting pulse oximetry (SpO2) of 85% ANS: A The weak‚ nonproductive cough indicates that the patient is unable to clear
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Intro to Microbiology: Gram stain: Gram + Gram - Exotoxin Except Listeria has endotoxin Endotoxin Except Capsules Strep pneumo VERY Dangerous: (Some Strange Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules) 1. Salmonella 2. Strep 3. Kleibsiella 4. Hemophilus B 5. Pseudomonas 6. Nisseria-(largest capsule- most likely cause of any toxicity) 7. Citroacter Gram (+) Gram (-) N-acetyl muramic acid (Nam) + N-acetyl glucosamine (Nag) = Peptidoglycan wall Contains
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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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at 30/4/2012 (Monday)‚ 3.35pm accompanied with PPK. She admitted at the ward 3 as long as 5 days and she discharge at 4/5/2012 (Friday)‚ 10.20am. Patient L was diagnosed as bronchopneumonia. Bronchopneumonia also known as bronchial pneumonia and catarrhal pneumonia and it is an acute inflammation of the lungs and bronchioles. It is characterized by chills‚ fever‚ high pulse and respiratory rates‚ bronchial breathing‚ cough with purulent bloody sputum‚ severe chest pain‚ and abdominal distension
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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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