Melinda ENC 1101 4/September/2011 Freedom from smoking Smoking cigarettes was one of the worst if not the worst habit I ever had I am finally free from smoking. I started smoking cigarettes at the very young age of fifteen. I did it because everybody else was doing it. I thought it was the cool thing to do. I was a kid who just wanted to fit in. I remember how that first cigarette tasted. It was a menthol cigarette and it was
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Weekly Journal Clinical Week 11 Clinical Date: Monday‚ November 10 2014 Working with a patient living with and experiencing chronic obstructive disease (COPD) I feel it is necessary to better understand the dyspnea. COPD is a respiratory disorder mainly caused by smoking‚ characterized by progressive‚ partly reversible airflow obstruction‚ systemic manifestation‚ and increasing frequency and severity in exacerbations. Cardinal symptoms experienced by patients with COPD are dyspnea‚ difficulty
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Public Health and Health Care Multiple Chronic Conditions Binta Ngalla HCS/535 November 12‚ 2012 Ebony Wardlaw Individual with multiple chronic conditions are largely increasing within the United States population. Little do most people have an idea how this disease come to plague mankind and the consequences of having the exact combinations of the same disease. Research guideline and disease prevention programs focus on single conditions‚ and scientifically researchers more often set
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401.9 Hypertension 414.00 Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease Principal Procedure None Total Charges $3‚794.25 DRG _0192‚ CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE W/O CC/MCC ___________ DRG Wt. __00.7120____ Full Update Hospital Reimbursement__$3‚578.58____ Reduced Update Hospital Reimbursement__$3‚364.98___ Medicare Assigned DRG : 0192‚ CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE W/O CC/MCC MDC : 04‚ DRG Weight = 00.7120‚ GLOS = 002.8‚ ALOS = 003.3 Estimated Medicare Reimbursement = $3‚823.64 Grouper Version
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Mr. John was a 70 year old male‚ 170 lbs‚ 5’4" with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He had a smoking history. He was transferred from the hospital to the Nursing home before six months. He had a history of congestive heart disease and osteoarthritis. When I assessed him‚ he had a weak but persistent cough‚ and midsternal chest pain from coughing. He had an elevated temperature and Oxygen saturation was 89%. Other vital signs were stable. He had a dry skin‚ redness‚ and irritation of
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Interstitial lung disease covers a variety of lung conditions that cause thickening of the interstitium (lace-like network of tissue) around the alveoli of the lung‚ and is a category distinct from the obstructive airway diseases. The thickening can be due to inflammation‚ scarring‚ or extra fluid (edema). Interstitial lung disease (ILD) can be an acute‚ chronic‚ short-lived‚ or irreversible condition. All forms of ILD involve fibrosis (thickening and scarring of connective tissue). The scarring
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Steven Gard Case Study 3 7/18/2012 s2444532 R.S. has smoked for many years and has developed chronic bronchitis‚ a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He also has a history of coronary artery disease and peripheral arterial vascular disease. His arterial blood gas (ABG) values are pH = 7.32‚ PaCO2 = 60 mm Hg‚ PaO2 = 50 mm Hg‚ HCO3- = 30 mEq/L. His hematocrit is 52% with normal red cell indices. He is using an inhaled ß2 agonist and theophylline to manage his respiratory disease
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the patients name has been changed and neither the ward nor the hospital shall be disclosed. The patient is Miss Webster who is a 46 year old female admitted to the ward with shortness of breath and an exacerbation of her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Her past medical history includes asthma‚ COPD‚ chronic bronchitis‚ frequent chest infections‚ endometriosis‚ polycystic ovarian syndrome and a radical hysterectomy in 2007. As previously mentioned the Roper Logan and Tierney model
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(Bonser‚ et al‚ 2012) Lung transplants are commonly recommended for patients under the age of 65 who have been diagnosed with severe types of lung and diseases such as cystic fibrosis‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ interstitial lung disease‚ idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or pulmonary hypertension. The procedure is not commonly considered for mild cases‚ but for those who have exhausted all other options and are likely to die without the transplant. Contraindications for the procedure
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may inhibit nitrosamine formation. Studies have linked it to various types of cancer. * It has been linked to the triggering migraines in migraine prone individuals. * Frequent ingestion of cured meats may cause COPD‚ Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. * If ingested in high concentration‚ it may cause methemoglobinemia‚ a disorder characterized by the presence of a higher than normal level of methemoglobin (metHb) in the
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