Pneumonia

the Shaw family tried anything they could to keep the dust away, especially from their new baby. She tried hanging up wet sheets over the baby’s bed to catch the dust, but nothing really worked. Hazel Shaw’s baby died later that year due to dust pneumonia and her lungs being too full of dust. The worst was yet to…

Pneumonia in Children Pneumonia is a serious life threatening illness in children. It is a form of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) that affects the lungs that are made up of small sacs called ‘Alveoli’. Hen hey get infected, these alveoli fill with pus and fluids. This makes it difficult for the baby to breathe and limits the oxygen intake. The Scary Statistics: • Pneumonia is the world’s leading killer of children under the age of five. • Each year, pneumonia takes the life of 1.4 million…

video-assisted teaching regarding the knowledge on Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit among staff nurses of selected hospitals. OBJECTIVES 1. To assess and compare the knowledge of staff nurses before and after video assisted teaching on prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia. 2. To find an association between the level of knowledge regarding prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia and selected demographic variable. OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS 1.…

intervention. The chest x-ray #1 depicts a patient undergoing congestive cardiac failure (CCF) that has spearhead to pulmonary edema, while CCF pigeonholed by enlargement of the heart, furthermore, pneumonia results from pulmonary edema and since the left lung is inflamed this might trigger pneumonia. According to Shebl…

for the reader? The phenomenon of interest was to examine resident’ and family member preference on care for pneumonia in a long-term care facility or a hospitalized setting. The phenomenon was clearly stated in the article. 2. What is the justification for using a qualitative method? The justification for using a qualitative method was to learn if long-term care facilities care for pneumonia was consistent with resident and family preferences. 3. What are the philosophical underpinnings of the…

Wild Oil of Oregano is an edible medicinal grade essential oil that is grown from a wild species of oregano especially in the Mediterranean. There are a multitude of conditions that Oil of Oregano treats, but the most famous use is its ability to kill infections in the body. Most organisms cannot survive when exposed to the powerful phenols (carvacrol and thymol) which are the active ingredient in this Wild Oil of Oregano. These ingredients work well on their own but have an added potency when…

Pneumocystis pneumonia represents a potentially life-threatening infection caused by a fungal microorganism Pneumocystis jiroveci. Initially observed in premature and malnourished infants, Pneumocystis pneumonia is today one of the most frequent opportunistic infections in adults infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). As nonspecific symptoms are often hindering timely diagnosis, one of the most important diagnostic tools for Pneumocystis pneumonia is a high level of clinical…

in the congestive stage, coughing brings up watery sputum and breath sounds are limited, with fine crackles. As the pneumonia progresses, the character of sputum changes. Since there is sputum filling in the alveoli sacks, our defense is to cough that up to clear out the sacs so we can breathe, this is where the cough comes in. Atypical pneumonia differs from bacterial pneumonia in that the inflammation is largely confined to the alveolar septum and pulmonary interstitium. The inflammation is…

pathological diseases including pneumonia and stage 4 breast cancer. Pneumonia is recognized as a serious lung infection which has been associated with an increased risk of hospital admission and mortality for several decades (Greenwood, 2008). It is important to prioritize pneumonia as the primary health care concern because pneumonia is the most common form of infection in individuals diagnosed with cancer and is correlated with elevated mortality rates (Oie et al, 2013). Pneumonia was chosen…

Public health concerns involve communities within populations that experience certain health disparities and focus on specific health issues or illnesses. Community-acquired pneumonia or CAP for short is a common infectious disease in elderly (and communities with specific health disparities) that is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality (Thiem et al, 2011). Health disparities are preventable illnesses that are common in some socially and economically disadvantaged communities (CDC…