Pulmonology

1. Upper Respiratory Infection (URTI). Most often transmitted by hand to hand/surface contact with lack of hand sanitization, and droplet transmission, resulting in multiple etiologies such as rhinovirus, coronavirus, and other viral origins. Patients may present exhibiting the following symptoms including sore throat, cough, nasal congestion, fever, dyspnea, thick and increased colored sputum production, headache, rhinorrhea, and/or fatigue. Most of this is due to the immune system triggering…

Asthma in elderly is undertreated and has led to increased morbidity and mortality. Aging affect airway responses and immune function and influence the effectiveness of emerging therapies. Asthma in older adults is divided into two groups; long standing that had the disease from childhood and late onset asthma. Physiological changes that occur during aging decrease the lungs functional capacity. Aging reduces the capacity of DNA repair affecting lungs to regenerate and overtime pulmonary…

Traditionally the discharge process has been handled by nursing and a nurse case manager. Patients with pulmonary disease, acute or chronic are a significant part of hospital readmission rates. Overall, patients with one respiratory disease process pneumonia, can account for 38.5 percent of hospital readmissions. (Dharmarajan et al., 2013) The needs of discharged patients are not being met up to 81% of patients needing assistance with basic functional needs failed to receive home care referrals…

In Bad Nеighbоurs, a cоuрlе, Kеlly (рlayеd by Rоsе Byrnе) and Mac (рlayеd by Sеth Rоgеn) dеal with what is thrоwn thеir way with what cоmеs with bеing thе first cоuрlе in thеir grоuр оf friеnds tо bеcоmе рarеnts. Althоugh this mеans missing рartiеs with thеir child and carе frее friеnds and living a quiеtеr lifе, thе twо arе еxcitеd tо bе рarеnts оf thеir baby, Stеlla. Thеn a fratеrnity hоusе mоvеs in nеxt dооr. At thе bеginning, Mac and Kеlly want tо aрреar cооl. It wasn’t sо lоng agо that thеy…

Cystic Fibrosis is a life-threatening, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and progressively limits the ability to breathe, which has approximately affected 30,000 people in the United States and an estimate of 70,000 people worldwide (NHlBI,2013). The disease is most common among children and young adults. I will now begin to inform you about the cause, the symptoms and how to treat Cystic Fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis affects the respiratory tract, the digestive tract, the…

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) commonly known as hyaline membrane syndrome occurs in many premature births. As the gestational age for a baby decreases subsequently the likelihood of them having this condition will increase because their lungs are severely underdeveloped. The problems that stem from RDS include lack of surfactant, smaller alveolar surface span, elevated compliance of the small airways, and occasionally the ductus arteriosis might be a factor if it doesn’t close shortly…

It’s imperative for nurses to continuously assess and work alongside professionals to establish a plan of action that targets the client’s priority problems. The schemes behind a care plan “is to identify client strengths and potential or actual health problems or needs, and to develop specific nursing interventions to achieve mutually agreed-upon outcomes ” (Kozier et al., 2014, p.455). The intent of this analysis will centralize on instituting a specific plan of action on a 13month toddler…

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) occur when alveoli of the lungs are filled with fluids due to severe injury or illness. This fluid buildup instead of air in the alveolar air sacs causes decreased level of oxygen transfer from the lungs to the blood stream. A chest x-ray will show clinical appearance of acute pulmonary edema without elevated left atrial pressure or cardiogenic causes (Brochard, 2011). This will cause a severe deprivation of oxygen to vital organs and leads to…

Respiration Rate Name: Tristan Addley Aim: The aim of the activity the group performed was to measure and record the repertory rate after 2 minutes of exercise for 5 minutes recording the breathes every minute. Introduction: The respiratory system responds to the demand of exercise by making us breathe faster as the muscles in our body require more energy when put under more physical exercise. When humans breathe the body converts oxygen in the air into energy, which is then…

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a disease caused by a genetic malfunction of chromosome seven. It is a multi-system disorder that causes thick, sticky secretions to be produced due to the defective transport of sodium and chloride within the cells. As the lung disease progresses to get worse, one option for treatment is a double lung transplantation. Lung transplantation sounds great and can be very beneficial, but it has its risks and there are ethical issues involved. The ethical issues that are…