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ASTHMATICUS
SEVERE AND LIFE THREATENING ASTHMA ATTACK PROGRESSIVELY WORSENING
WITH ASTHMATICUS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN (3)
1. ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
2. MECHANICAL VENTILATION
3. AGGRESSIVE DRUG TREATMENT
WHICH DISEASE IS THE RESULT OF TOO MUCH CORTISOL
CUSHING SYNDROME
ANOTHER WORD FOR COLLAPSE LUNG
ATELECTASIS (AT E LEC TA SIS)
WHAT IS A COLLECTION OF AIR IN THE SPACE AROUND THE LUNG CALLED
PNEUMOTHORAX
A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD
HYPERCAPNIA
HEART DISEASE IN RIGHT VENTRICLE
COR PULMONALE
WHEN SOMEONE HAS COR PULMONALE WHAT ARE THEIR SYMPTOMS (4)
1. SHORTNESS OF BREATH
2. FAINT
3. CHEST PAIN
4. SWELLING OF FEET/ANKLES
ABNORMALLY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE ARTERIES OF THE LUNGS
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
INSUFFICIENT OXYGENATION OF ARTERIAL BLOOD
HYPOXEMIA
IS AN ENZYME THAT BEGINS PROTEIN CATABOLISM
PROTEASE
ALSO REFERRED TO AS PROTEASE
PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES
IS A PROTEASE INHIBITOR, IN ITS ABSENCE THE LUNGS ELASTICITY BREAKS DOWN CAUSING EMPHYSEMA OR COPD
A ANTITYRSIN
WITH EMPHYSEMA WHAT IS DAMEAGED
SEVERE LUNG DISEASE IN WHICH ALVEOLI IS DAMAGED
WHAT ARE 4 DISEASES UNDER THESE ACRYNYMS COPD COAD COLD
1. EMPHYSEMA
2. CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
3. BRONCHIECTESIS
4. ASTHMA
WHAT IS A CONTAGIOUS INFECTION OF LUNGS THAT CAN SPREAD TO OTHER ORGANS
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
OXYGEN DEFICIENCY IN TISSUE
HYPOXIA
COPD TREATMENT (9)
1. TIOTROPIUM
2. OXYGEN THERAPY
3. BETA AGONIST
4. BRONCHODILATORS
5. ANTI INFLAMMATORY
6. PROTEIN THERAPY
7. PULMONARY REHAB
8. NUTRITION
9. SURGERY
SA REFERS TO
STATUS ASTHMATICUS
ASTHMA TREATMENT (4)
1. NEBULIZES
2. STEROID
3. ORAL PREDNISONE
4. SIT UP
NURSING CARE FOR EMPHYSEMA (4)
1. PHYSIO
2. ORO PHARYNGEAL SUCTION
3. ALLEVIATING PAIN
4. ALLEVIATING FATIGUE AND LETHARGY
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS NURSING ASSESSMENT SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE (2)(1)
SUBJECTIVE
1. COMPLAINTS OF LOSS OF MUSCLE STRENGTH
2. WEIGHT LOSS
OBJECTIVE
1. SPUTUM AMOUNT, COLOUR AND CHARACTERISTICS
PATIENT EDUCATION WITH PULMONARY TB (3)
1. COVER NOSE AND MOUTH WHEN COUGHING
2. TAKE MEDICATION
3. INFO ON THE DISEASE
PULMONARY TB PROGNOSIS (3)
1. LONG TERM TREATMENT. 50% NOT COMPLIANT
2. HIV AND TB 4-14 WEEKS UNTIL DEATH
3. DISEASE CAN SURVIVE 50 YEARS IN HUMAN TISSUE
LUNG CANCER NURSING ASSESSMENT SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE (4)(2)
SUBJECTIVE
1. CHRONIC COUGH AND HOARSENESS
2. WEIGHT LOSS
3. FATIGUE
4. HISTORY OF CIGARETTE SMOKING
OBJECTIVE
1. ASSESS COUGH
2. ASSESS SPUTUM
LUNG CANCER PATIENT EDUCATION (3)
1. EFFECTIVE DEEP BREATHING
2. MAINTAIN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
3. HIGH ENERGY HIGH PROTEIN DIET
LUNG CANCER PROGNOSIS
10%-15% LIVE 5 YEARS OR LONGER
HYPOXIA NURSING PLAN (6)
1. STAY WITH PATIENT AND REASSURE
2. CALL RN OR DOCTOR
3. PUT IN UPRIGHT POSITION
4. O2 AS ORDERED
5. MONITOR FOR CONFUSION AND RESPONSE TO TREATMENT
6. DOCUMENT
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR BREATHING DIFFICULTIES (9)
1. SPUTUM CYTOLOGY
2. PEAK FLOW MONITORING
3. CHEST X-RAY
4. PULSE OXIMETRY
5. BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS
6. THORACENTESIS
7. LUNG SCAN
8. LUNG CULTURES
9. BRONCHOSCOPY