Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Emphysema is a chronic lung disease, which damages the air sacs called alveoli by causing shortness of breath (dyspnea) due to the enlargement of lung sacs. Emphysema is also known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Ontario Lung Association,2015). Emphysema is a disease, which not only destroys the lung air sacs but it also reduces the amount of oxygen that can reach the bloodstream. Smoking is one of the main reasons for the cause of emphysema. Therefore, it occurs mostly to the people…

Pneumonia Pneumonia is inflammation of the lungs which can result from infection with either bacteria or viruses. Healthy people can resist pneumonia, but for those who have weak immune systems due to influenza or respiratory illness the bacteria can easily grow in their lungs. Pneumonia is set to be the 8th leading cause of death in the United States especially to children who are five years old or less. About 23.7 per 100.000 people died because of pneumonia (1). Thus, people should…

Barnack Samuel May 03 2015 Essay on my research of SARS In the year 2002, the disease SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) ravaged the modern world, spreading via airlines and other means of worldwide transportation. From my seventh grade biology class in the year 2011, I learned much about SARS. Below is what I knew before further research. In 2002, SARS appeared in China. It soon used international airports and cargo shipments to spread across the rest of the modern world. Because of…

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…

for patients. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a disease which limits the flow of air in the lungs which further leads to shortness of breath which is partially irreversible (Australian Institute of Health and welfare, 2018). COPD is also associated with other conditions like asthma, respiratory cancers, diabetes. 1b. Research from previous study indicates that patients have little or poor knowledge of medical terminology ‘exacerbation’. Exacerbations have been recognised as a subjective…

Disincentives of PR There are many things that hold COPD patients back from attending PR even though it has been shown to greatly benefit the patients. The number of COPD patients who attend a PR program can be lower than 50% of a given COPD population near a PR, and some additional 23-31% of patients never complete the PR program once started (Hayton, Clark, Olive, Browne, & Galey, 2013). Explaining the difficulties of rural healthcare access Holland, Mahl, Lee & Burge (2016)…

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…

Some of the nursing diagnosis based on the above assessment can be listed below: A. Ineffective airway clearance related to excessive secretions B. Ineffective breathing pattern related to decreased lung expansion C. Risk for aspiration D. Disturbed sleeping pattern related to fragmented sleep E. Deficient knowledge related to lack of exposure to previous knowledge 1. Nursing diagnosis: Ineffective airway clearance related to excessive secretions Defining characteristics • Tachypnea, dyspnea •…

Case Study A 14-year-old girl and her mother came into the emergency room with concerns of the child experiencing lethargy, polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia, and weight loss, even though she has been eating. The mother also mentioned that the patient’s breath has been smelling “fruity”. After further examination, it was determined that she has a high heart rate and high blood pressure. Evaluation of her arteries determined that the high blood pressure is being caused by atherosclerosis. The…

Name of Disease Pertussis, also commonly called Whooping Cough Description of Disease (taxonomic classification, and picture of pathogen Pertussis aka Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis from the Betaproteobacteria class and Alcaligenaceae family Scientists have found eight species in the Bordetella genus, and of those eight, three of them are known to be pathogenic to humans. The most common are B. pertussis and B.…