Aspiration Pneumonia Research Paper

Aspiration pneumonia is a condition in which there is inflammation in the lungs and bronchial tubes as a result from inhaling foreign matter. Aspiration pneumonia most likely a result from inhaling food, vomitus, or liquid. This may lead to a bacterial infection. Risk factors include sedation, coma, intoxication, poor gag reflex, dysphagia, and age, particularly in older adults. Visual signals of aspiration pneumonia include chest pain, cyanosis, crackling in the lungs, decreased oxygen, tachycardia, cough with sputum and decreased awareness. Diagnostic exams and test include arterial blood gas, blood culture, bronchoscopy, chest x-ray or a CT-scan. Treatment includes antibiotics and sometimes a ventilator to support breathing. A swallow function …show more content…
This condition can cause body fluids to rise to dangerous levels and cause electrolytes and waste materials to build up in the body and can be life threatening. Possible causes include kidney injury resulting from toxic medication, severe or sudden dehydration, autoimmune kidney disease, acute tubular necrosis, urinary tract obstruction and reduced blood flow to the kidney. Risk factors for kidney injury include kidney and liver disease, diabetes, hypertension, heart failure and obesity. Symptoms of kidney injury are bloody stool, breath odor, fatigue, edema, bruising, mental status changes, and decreased appetite and sensation. Physical signals include edema and crackling in the lungs. Labs tests for diagnosis include BUN, serum potassium, sodium, creatinine, glomerular filtration rate, urinalysis and creatinine clearance. An ultrasound is the preferred method to diagnose acute kidney injury. Treatment involves diet restrictions of high in carbohydrates and low in protein, salt, and potassium and fluid restrictions, antibiotics to treat or prevent infection, diuretics, and …show more content…
The narrowing is usually caused by plaque building up and hardening. This causes the blood supply to these areas to be limited. This disease targets the blood vessels in your arms, legs and organs below your stomach, but can affect other vessels. PVD can be caused by a number of things including smoking, vibrating machinery, cold, infection, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, or extremity injury. There is an increased risk in individuals of the geriatric population and individual who have high emotional stress, hypertension and in individuals who have kidney disease and are on