Pneumonia

To identify a strategy for improving oral care so as to prevent VAP and to enhance quality of life of ICU patients. Introduction VAP is hospital-acquired pneumonia that develops in an intubated patient after 48 hours or more of mechanical ventilation, and that was not present before intubaton (Fields, 2008). The development of VAP is a concern and its prevention is essential because it is the most common nosocomial…

Legionnaires’ Disease is a disease caused by Legionella bacteria, and is named after a convention held in Philadelphia in which members of the American Legion attended and contracted the illness. Legionella bacteria are found naturally in fresh bodies of water, and grow in warm water. People can be exposed to the bacteria from not-properly disinfected hot tubs, air-conditioning units in large buildings, fountains, or swimming in warm bodies of water and inhaling small amounts of said water. The…

preventing the flow of oxygen to the organs. •Some common causes of respiratory distress syndrome are: inhaling of a toxic substance, things such as, salt water, smoke, chemicals, developing a blood infection and developing of a lung infection like pneumonia. Risk factors for this condition include: a sibling that had respiratory distress syndrome, mother that had diabetes, c-section or labor delivery before the baby was full term, and fast labor. •Signs and symptoms of respiratory distress…

adults, HRSV produces mainly mild symptoms, often indistinguishable from common colds and minor illnesses. The Centers for Disease Control consider HRSV to be the "most common cause of bronchiolitis (inflammation of the small airways in the lung) and pneumonia in children under 1 year of age in the United States".[3] For some children, RSV can cause bronchiolitis, leading to severe respiratory illness requiring hospitalization and, rarely, causing death. This is more likely to occur in patients…

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Of Study Oral health is a state of being free from infectious or disease and it has a profound effect on general health (Kiyoshi-Teo & Blegen,2015). According to Pettit, McCann, Schneiderman, Farren & Campbell (2012), there is association between chronic oral infection with the heart and lung disease. Patient with underlying disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is higher risk of aspiration of contaminated respiratory if oral care…

Nursing Care Plan A 65 years old Caucasian female widow for 20 years who lives alone; however, she has two grown up daughters who live in the nearby community; two older sisters are alive and well, one with osteoporosis is 75 years old and was diagnosed at age of 55. The other one with breast cancer, she is 72 years old and was diagnosed at age of 60. Over the past ten years the patient’s perception of self–efficacy has been declining. Patient has become increasingly short of breath for the…

complications, unanticipated admission, prolonged nursing care, and delayed PACU or hospital discharge (Kovac, 2013). Not only is PONV a huge patient dissatisfier, there are life-threatening risks associated with this complication including aspiration pneumonia, esophageal rupture, subcutaneous emphysema, and bilateral pneumothoraxes (Hambridge, 2013). In a study completed by Parra-Sanchez et al. (2012), it was determined that the cost of care for patients that experienced PONV was…

test is the same as the spirometry test except the patient is given a bronchodilator, which is a medication that opens the airway. This helps exclude other things like asthma.  Chest X-rays help rule out other diseases with similar symptoms like pneumonia, congestive heart failure, and cancer. You may not be able to diagnosis COPD from…

Introduction / Purpose: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit (ICU). It caused prolonged hospital stay and increased mortality. In this study, we aimed to investigate the rate of VAP, causative microorganisms and their antibiotic susceptibilities. Materials and Method: This retrospective study included patients that admitted in 12-bed ICU between January 2013 and December 2014. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criterias…

Some people resort to smoking to reduce their stress, but what they don’t know is what kind of health issues will come up while they are smoking. Smoking has a rich history behind it and how it came about in 1612 when the settlers came to Jamestown. Native American’s, however, did smoke tobacco but only for religious and medical purposes. Nowadays, smoking is an everyday thing for some people. Eventually this will lead to either dangerous medical issues or even simple as asthma, but their lungs…