Description of the incident
During the clinical day on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) care was provided for a patient with respiratory problem. He had a history of Hypertension, Coronary artery disease, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperlipidemia and was a smoker and consumer of alcohol but reported to have quit 5 years ago. The patient had come in with a chief complaint of shortness of breath. Upon evaluation through chest x-ray and cultures, the patient revealed to have lower lobe pneumonia. Dullness and crackles at the base of lungs due to stagnation of secretions at lung bases had occurred most likely because he was an older patient and did not mobilized effectively. Presented tachycardia due to shortness of breath
During the clinical day on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) care was provided for a patient with respiratory problem. He had a history of Hypertension, Coronary artery disease, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperlipidemia and was a smoker and consumer of alcohol but reported to have quit 5 years ago. The patient had come in with a chief complaint of shortness of breath. Upon evaluation through chest x-ray and cultures, the patient revealed to have lower lobe pneumonia. Dullness and crackles at the base of lungs due to stagnation of secretions at lung bases had occurred most likely because he was an older patient and did not mobilized effectively. Presented tachycardia due to shortness of breath