COPD is type A COPD and has many different characters compare to chronic bronchitis COPD. First, emphysema is impairing the surface of gas exchange and air trapped in the lung due to alveoli damaged. So, patient needs more energy to breathing and therefore, most patients are losing weight and skinny. Also, patient use accessory muscle to breathe for example, pursed-lip breathing and lean forward to breath. Unlikely bronchitis COPD, emphysematous COPD not producing sputum and productive cough because
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required work for the course. The extra credit, which is not required, will be worth a total of 10 points. Both are due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Case 1 R.S. has smoked for many years and has developed chronic bronchitis, a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He also has a history of coronary artery disease and peripheral arterial vascular disease. His arterial blood gas (ABG) values are pH = 7.32, PaCO2 = 60 mm Hg, PaO2 = 50 mm Hg, HCO3- = 30 mEq/L. His
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health professional ever told you that your child has any of the following conditions? | Label/Title | Condition | Bold, 14 | Asthma | Checkbox | Asthma | | Reactive Airway Disease | Checkbox | RAD | | Asthmatic Bronchitis or Wheezy Bronchitis | Checkbox | Bronchitis | | Wheezing | Checkbox | Wheezing | | ID | Mirror | ID | Select StudentID | Has a health professional prescribed any medication to your child for breathing problems? | Yes/No | Medication | Bold, 12 | Select
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Kick These Badfor-You Foods Out of Your Kitchen 5 Ways to Look Younger Right Now 8 Foods High in Magnesium 7 Tips to Help Put the Brakes on Premature Ejaculation 10 Foods to Boost Your Mood Brought to you by Everyday Health Health Effects of Smoking By Dennis Thompson, Jr. | Medically reviewed by Pat F. Bass III, MD, MPH You know smoking is bad for you, but do you know what this dangerous habit does to your body and to nonsmokers who inhale secondhand smoke? Cigarette
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General Characterists of Antimicrobials- 1.Antibacterial – broad spectrum, narrow spectrum- gram positive, gram negative Broad spectrum to start the process of healing until c&s results – then treat with narrow spectrum susceptible to antibiotic Obtain C&S before administering antibiotics Gram positive stains pinkish Gram negative stains purple-ish blue Bactercidal – kills Bacteriostatic – inhibits growth Side Effects – allergy in 1st 30min – nausea, vomiting, dirreaha
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Case Study – Chronic Bronchitis Admitting History A 68 year old retired geologist arrived in the emergency room with his daughter. Well known to the respiratory care consult team, he has a 40 year history of smoking 1.5 packs of cigarettes a day, is widowed, lives alone, and has difficulty managing his daily activities. For the past week the man has experienced increased dyspnea and cough and has been unable to care for himself. On observation, his personal hygiene appeared to have deteriorated
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year. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute people that smoke are six times more likely to suffer from heart attacks. Smoking can also cause cases of chronic obstructive lung disease which includes emphysema and bronchitis. Smoking also put people at a greater risk for having a stroke. Cigarettes that offer low-tar and low-nicotine are not a safe alternative to smoking and have the same effects as normal cigarettes. According to the World
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my patient I had at clinical’s is COPD. COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is made up of emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Approximately 12.7 million people in the United States have COPD and 24 million have impaired lung function with probable underlying COPD. (P. 303) Smoking has a big role in the cause of emphysema and chronic bronchitis along with some air pollution, dusts, and gases. Emphysema is the destruction of alveolar and alveolar-capillary walls, as well as narrowed
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that does not significantly fluctuate. Within that broad category, the primary cause of the obstruction may vary; examples include airway inflammation, mucous plugging, narrowed airway lumina, or airway destruction. The term COPD includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Although asthma also involves airway inflammation and periodic narrowing of the airway lumina (hyperreactivity), the condition is the result of individual response to a wide variety of stimuli/triggers and is therefore episodic in
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Com 155 Nicole Thompson Week 7 Essay Draft Restrictive vs. Obstructive Lung Disease Breath in with the weight of a thousand elephant’s, Heart pounding, feeling all is lost, Breath out with the strength of hundreds, Chest throbbing, Wishing nothing more than for the pain to stop, and both are a wasted effort. Feelings of hopelessness, No one can imagine the suffering you are feeling. This is what people go through everyday with restrictive or obstructive
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