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List A: Microbiology of Inflammatory COPD Exacerbation

Microbiology Results
Indication
Sodium Level 142 mmol/L
Normal
Potassium Level 5.1 mmol/L
Normal
Chloride Level 101 mmol/L
Normal
Bicarbonate Level 29 mmol/L
Normal
Urea Level 7.3 mmol/L
High (2.9–7.1 mmol/L)
Creatinine 91 umol/L
Normal
eGFR CKD-EPI 73 mL/min/1.73m^2
Normal
Bilirubin Total 10 umol/L
Normal
Protein Total Level 68 g/L
Normal
Albumin Level 28 g/L
Low (35–55 g/L)
ALP 68 U/L
Normal
GGT 16 U/L
Normal
ALT 29 U/L
Normal
AST 22 U/L
Normal
WCC 10.69 x10^9/L
Normal
Hb 157 g/L
Normal
PLT 383 x10^9/L
Normal
HCT 0.473
Normal
MCV 95.0 fL
Normal
RCC 4.98 x10^12/L
Normal
MCH 31.5 pg
Normal
MCHC 332 g/L
Normal
RDW-SD 44.5 fL
Normal
RDW-CV 12.8 %
Normal
MPV 12.3 fL
High (7.5-11.5 fL)
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In 2008, around 2 million Australians are estimated to have COPD, and around 1.2 million out of these people, already have symptoms that affect their daily activities. Impacts on quality of life, financial state, and burden of disease can affect a community quite deeply (Economics, 2008).

The economic impact COPD has on the community is quite large. In 2008, it was estimated that COPD cost Australia $98.2 billion of which, $8.8 billion was the financial cost for the burden of disease while $89.4 billion was the loss of wellbeing. COPD has in many ways, impact negatively on productivity and quality of life of the community. These can best be seen through lower employment rates, time lost to hospital admissions, and premature death (COPD: The statistics | Lung Foundation Australia,
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Mostly, losing their casual lifestyle, being replaced with strict regimes of medications and treatments; patients losing their independence. It has open my eyes to many things, and one of them would be the huge impact medical practitioners make when we consult our patients. We were taught to always, at the end of our history taking, to ask a patient’s ideas, expectations and concerns. Never has it been more relevant to reflect on that simple act. By simply breaking down walls and treat the patient as a person and not a disease, we not only help the patient, but their family and the community as well. I learned that addressing the patient’s concerns can lead to better communication and even better health outcome. Through word of mouth, patients can increase public health understanding of disease if we educate them. I find that most patients only ask questions to better understand their illness if we show them that we care, not only of their disease, but how they are

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