i VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA: EDUCATION AND PREVENTION A RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE MASTER OF SCIENCE BY MEGHAN CROCKETT BSN‚ RN‚ CMSRN DR. NAGIA ALI - ADVISOR BALL STATE UNIVERSITY MUNCIE‚ IN DECEMBER 2011 Table of Contents Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………….….....i Abstract.……………………………………….……………………………………...….iii Chapter I………………………………………………………………………...………....1 Introduction…………………………………………….…………………………
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Introduction Pneumonia is defined as the inflammation of lung tissue caused by an infectious agent that results in acute respiratory signs and symptoms. It can either be acquired outside (community-acquired) or within the hospital (hospital-acquired) Who shall be considered as having community-acquired Pneumonia? For ages 3 months to 5 years are tachypnea and/or chest indrawing For ages 5 to 12 years are fever‚ tachypnea‚ and crackles Who shall be considered as having
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Community Acquired Pneumonia Core Measure Core Measure Community Acquired Pneumonia Today hospitals as businesses‚ as well as health care institutions‚ face many obstacles while caring‚ treating‚ and rehabilitating patients during their hospital stay. The community as a whole tends to follow a pattern of trends that include specific health conditions including Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)‚ Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)‚ and Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). These three conditions are
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“A study to determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia on staff nurses‟ knowledge‚ practices and reduction in incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia in selected hospitals of Mysore”. BY Miss.Emilymaria George Poulose Dissertation Submitted to the Rajiv Gandhi University of health Sciences‚ Karnataka‚ Bangalore . In partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING In Medical
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Analytic and Continental Philosophy of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Hospital acquired infections (HAI) have become a major problem for patients’ outcomes and hospitals due to increase costs. The advancement made in medicine‚ technology‚ and general knowledge has increased the life expectancy. With this increase‚ patients are however sicker and have multiple comorbidities that make their care increasingly complex. Barrett‚ Smith‚ Elixhauser‚ Honigman‚ and Pines (2014) researched the utilization
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Running Head: PNEUMONIA: THE SILENT KILLER Exploring Pneumonia: A Silent Killer Abstract This paper explores Pneumonia and the respiratory disease process associated with bacterial and viral pathogens most commonly located in the lung. The paper examines the process‚ symptoms and treatments most commonly viewed in patient cases of Pneumonia. My goal is to educate the reader and to warn of the Exploring Pneumonia: A Silent Killer Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. Many
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| Ventilator Associated Pneumonia | Heather Heim‚ Erin Lovett and Crystal Inchiocca | | Molloy College | | | Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a nosocomial‚ or hospital acquired‚ infection that affects people who need mechanical assistance to breathe. VAP is the leading cause of nosocomial infection and nosocomial related death in adult critically ill patients when defined as new onset nosocomial infection that occurs more than 48 hours after the patient
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Well my paper is on pneumonia. The little I do know about pneumonia is that it is caused by an infection. You can recover from pneumonia with the right treatment. Pneumonia is more serious with people with weak immune systems. But to further my knowledge on pneumonia I did some research. What is pneumonia? Pneumonia is a common lung infection caused by bacteria‚ a virus or fungi. The infection inflames your lungs’ air sacs‚ which are called alveoli. The air sacs may fill up with fluid
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Americans die of pneumonia‚ an inflammation of the lungs that’s usually caused by infection with bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi or other organisms. Pneumonia is a particular concern for older adults and people with chronic illnesses or impaired immune systems‚ but it can also strike young‚ healthy people. Worldwide‚ it’s a leading cause of death in children. There are many kinds of pneumonia ranging in seriousness from mild to life-threatening. Although signs and symptoms vary‚ many cases of pneumonia develop suddenly
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Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Abstract Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a hospital acquired infection occurs in the intensive care unit (ICU) for the patients who are on mechanical ventilator. It further complicates the hospital course by extending the length of stay‚ increase the cost of treatment‚ and increases the mortality rate. It is estimated that about 1% to 3% patients on mechanical ventilator develops VAP per day. Compared to the previous years‚ the Chlorhexidine
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