Pneumonia

indubitable issue with HAI; MRSA is not that normal flora enters into the blood stream and becomes resistant to antibiotics, rather that when this bacterium enters the bloodstream it leads to infection. According to the CDC MRSA puts patients at risk for pneumonia, surgical site infection, sepsis, and may ultimately lead to patient’s death if it is not treated hastily. MRSA is associated with acute care settings due to the correlation between its contractility and invasive procedures.…

Patient, a 71-year-old, retired truck driver, presented to Prince of Wales Hospital (POWH) due to an exacerbation of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) of 2 days presenting as dyspnea on the background of 5-year history of COPD with 1 or 2 exacerbations a year, previous peripheral venous insufficiency with ulcers, previous solitary pulmonary nodule and an ex-smoker with 100 pack-year history. Initial examination presented with respiratory rate of 22 breaths/minute, oxygen saturation of…

Streptococcus pyogenes The disease strep throat is one of the most common diseases for both children and teenagers. Some of the side affects of this disease include having a sore throat, swollen tonsils, and pain when swallowing . The pathogenic bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes causes this disease. Streptococcus pyogenes is in the phylum Firmicutes, the class Bacilli, the order Lactobacillales and the family Streptococcaeceae (Brenner, 2005). Streptococcus pyogenes natural habitat is the human…

Are you aware of your breathing problems? Issues regarding Asthma Asthma, issue of the respiratory framework in which the sections that empower air to go into and out of the lungs occasionally contract, bringing on hacking, puffing, and shortage of breath. This is regularly transitory and reversible, yet in extreme assaults, asthma might bring about death. Asthma most ordinarily alludes to bronchial asthma, an aggravation of the aviation routes, yet the term is likewise used to allude to…

Respiratory Tract include Pyothorax, Pneumothorax, and Abscess of the Mediastinum. Pyothorax or also known as Empyema, is where pus gathers in between the lungs and inner surface of the chest wall. Pyothorax (J86.0, J86.1), usually develops after pneumonia. The pus can not be coughed out but drained out by a needle or even surgery. The most common bacteria that causes Pyothorax is Streptococcus Pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus aureus. An acute condition is where the symptoms usually materialize…

Sepsis is a widespread infection that triggers a whole body inflammatory response. It does not arise on its own but originated from an underlining medical condition such as an infection. Some like to view sepsis as a three stage illness. In this paper I will be discussing what sepsis is, what population is most affected and some of the characteristics or signs and symptoms of the infection. According to the Mayo clinic article titled “Sepsis” it is a potentially life-threatening complication of…

Airborne Precaution: Is when a person has a known or suspected to have infection that can be transmitted by air route. These contagion are caused by organisms that can be suspended in the air for a long period of time. Examples of airborne disease are tuberculosis, rubeola, Shingles, chickenpox. When working with some with airborne transmission, we should make sure they are in a Negative airflow room to prevent spread of infection, and anyone who is going in the room should wear a HEPA filter…

Detection and Characterization Panel. The kit can identify the virus as type A or B and further classify influenza a virus by the subtype. Chest X-rays do not necessary confirm that the swine flu is present but the imaging test usually suggest pneumonia or other respiratory complication. Blood test taken are used to rule out Bacteria…

esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) have significantly increased, including GERD. These patients usually tend to be chronic PPIs users. Several studies have associated PPI use with an increased risk of hip fracture, Clostridium difficile, and community-acquired pneumonia.(3-5) In addition, the literature associated sporadic gastric fundic gland polyps (FGPs) with…

cold-like symptoms have been going on too long to be a common cold and orders an X-ray and notices large lymph nodes.” (Kalkanis 1) But mom’s started in her joints. For 2 years they thought she had Rheumatoid Arthritis. Then she got sick with pneumonia three times in one year so they looked deeper. They did the x-ray, then a CAT scan, then a PET scan. They told her she had lung cancer. She went to a surgeon in Columbia who told her it could be this thing called Sarcoidosis so they were…