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Histoplasmosis is ___ infection?
The s/s include: |
Fungal infection
s/s include: Dyspnea, fever, cough, weight loss. Enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen and liver can also occur. |
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Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Describe what it is and s/s (See Iggy page 638-9) |
Pulmonary sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disorder. It involves a autoimmune response in which T-lymphocytes increase and cause damging action to lung tissue.
s/s include dysnea and dry cough |
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One of the first signs of TB
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Slight cough with mucoid expectorate
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Definitive test for TB
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Sputum Culture. A chest x-ray is a presumptive diagnostic test.
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A person being treated for TB can return to work when ...
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Three sputum cultures are negative
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Initial assessment after surgical placement of an endotracheal tube is .... then ...
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Initially the patient is ventilated with an Ambu bag and a nurse auscultates for bilateral breath sounds... then the patient has an x-ray taken. Note the tube is marked where it enters the nose or mouth for ongoing monitoring.
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Inaccuate pulse Ox reading may occur when....peripheral perfusion is impaired such as in
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Hypotention, shock, meds that cause vasoconstriction. NOT such things as fever, Respiratory Failure or epilesy
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Aftering administrating a TB test the client should return in _ to have it read.
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48-78 hours (Study)
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Type of dressing after removal of a chest tube
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Petrolatum gauze and sterile 4x4 gauze or elastoplast tape. NOT telfa, neosporin ointment or benzoin spray.
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