Ventilator-associated pneumonia

are gastroenteritis, pneumonia, and anoxia. Gastroenteritis, also known as the stomach flu, had a large death rate in the 1970s due to the few treatment options available in the 1970s. This disease is an infection of the stomach and attacks both the stomach and intestines. Gastroenteritis…

A 51 year old Hispanic woman was readmitted for the fifth time, with nausea, vomiting, diffuse abdominal pain and diarrhea. During her initial presentation, she was diagnosed with Clostridium difficle colitis (C diff) and during the subsequent admissions, she remained positive for C diff and is currently on a vancomycin taper for treatment of recurrent C diff. Over the past several admissions, she was found to have bacteremia with organisms such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Eubacterium lentum,…

A 36-year-old female presents to her physician with a 3-month history of joint pains. The pain is mostly in the joints of her wrists and hands up to the middle interphalangeal joints. The patient says that the pain is worse in the morning, but improves through the day as she uses her hands. On examination, the joints are red, swollen, and tender. Anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies are positive. The patient is started on low-dose methotrexate with good results. The patient is followed by…

Sepsis, a common origin of pediatric morbidity and mortality, which is a systemic inflammatory response (SIR) to infection. Children with septicemia diagnosed by fever, hard breathing, tachycardia, malaise, inability to eat or lethargy, but those with asymptomatic bacteraemia tend to appearance of no obvious signs of infection. Deaths happened as result of pediatric septicemia are likely to be greater in low-income settings. In hospital setting, the ratio of septic infections due to…

DOI: 11/1/2000. The patient is a 60-year-old male sales representative who sustained injury while he was grabbing a ladder to get samples and felt pain in his back. Patient is status post L5-S1 intradiscal electrothermal therapy procedure and L5-S1 fusion on 04/30/13. Urine drug screen obtained on 03/16/15 showed positive for hydrocodone, hydromorphone, dihydrocodeine, norhydrocodone, carisoprodol and meprobamate. As per progress report dated 6/8/2016, patient’s medications include Pulmicort,…

admitted to the hospital because of a chronic cough. The 31-year-old did not have prior history with long disease, and the doctors say that she contracted a rare form of pneumonia from using the electronic cigarettes. After being admitted to the hospital, she soon had respiratory failure, and doctors had to place her on a ventilator. In Vermont, there was a report of a 60-year-old male who experienced acute lung injury. According to the doctors, he had experienced these injuries as a result of…

A stuffy nose, sore throat and pain around your face and eyes can all mean that your common cold has turned into a miserable sinus infection. A sinus infection, which is also known as sinusitis, occurs when the normally hollow sinuses become blocked with mucus, causing bacteria to build up inside of them. The next time you feel your sinuses begin to swell during a cold or flu, don't head for the doctor or medicine cabinet just yet. Try one of these three effective, at-home ways to get relief…

Describe the process of normal breathing beginning with the brain. Explain how a condition such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can interfere with the normal process of respiration. Breathing occurs subconsciously without one being aware of its different steps: stimulation of the respiratory control centers in your brain, inhalation, gas exchange, and exhalation. The medulla oblongata controls the body when to breathe. During the ventilation, process the phrenic nerve sends a…

My friend Mary believes that she has contracted influenza, which is known as the flu. She expressed that because she woke up with a high fever and a stuffy nose, she assumes that has contracted the flu. Influenza, is a common infectious disease that can be defined as a highly contagious and transmitted infection, that can be contracted through various ways. Such as sharing the same cup with another person, touching your face,not allowing the body to get enough sleep,being in direct…

Method A relaxed subject breathed into a clean mouthpiece for a period of 1-2 minutes with an oximeter placed on the tip of the index finger. During this time, the subject was asked to stay still with their hands in their lap and palms pointing upwards as well as wearing a nose clip. This normal breathing was recorded on the computer and then the volunteer was asked to exhale for 4-6 seconds after a normal inspiration to ensure the collection of an end tidal volume sample. The recording was…