case-study, the concept map outlines the presentation of RT, a 62-year-old female to the Emergency Department (ED) with complaints of dyspnea, cough, and a low-grade fever. RT’s past medical history includes risk factors for infection that includes: COPD, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2 that is controlled by diet, non-compliance with medications, and past refusal of immunizations for the flu and pneumonia. RT’s lab work, chest x-ray, and vital signs are indicative of community acquired pneumonia
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cause of a disease The blood work came back this morning and it confirmed the patient’s diagnosis. Rehabilitation A place where people go to teach them the skills needed to function in a normal or close to normal life. After leaving the hospital a COPD patient can go to rehabilitation clinical for further training on doing daily activates with minimal execration. Department of Health and Human Services This is the agency who helps provided leadership to the public health in an emergency Depart
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also useful for the elderly that live in rural areas who live a long way from the nearest doctor’s office. 2 a.Who would benefit most from H-FAST? Why? This system would most benefit those consumers who suffer from conditions such as heart disease, COPD, and CVA’s because the device’s customized attachments will allow for unparalleled personalization of care. This system will also help to lower healthcare costs by eliminating unnecessary visits for the elderly who do not need to be seen in person
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SMOKING KILLS! Contents of a cigarette What are the effects of smoking on the lungs? Lung cancer is the most common form of cancer caused by smoking. More than 80% of cases of lung cancer are due to smoking. Cigarette smoke contains many chemicals that interfere with the body's method of filtering air and cleaning out the lungs. The smoke irritates the lungs and leads to overproduction
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COPD Case Study Part 1 Patient name: DH DOB: 7/14 Admit Date: 8/23 Age: 65 Sex: Male Education: Bachelor's degree Occupation: Retired manager of local grocery chain Hours of work: N / A Household members: Wife age 62, well; four adult children not living in the area Ethnic background: Asian American Religious affiliation: Methodist Referring physician: Marie McFarland, MD (pulmonary) Chief complaint: "My husband has had emphysema for many years. He was working in the yard today
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Critical Thinking Paper Aubrey Lewis Grand Canyon University 11/11/11 SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT Biographical Data Patient, C.L, is a 52-year-old Caucasian female that was admitted to Banner Thunderbird on 09/29/11 for difficulty breathing and shortness of breath (SOB). The patient has no known drug or food allergies and is registered as a “do not resuscitate” and “do not intubate” (DNR/DNI). History of Present Illness Patient stated that she had woken up
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smoking and a lifetime manual job separating various types of sandstone at a stone quarry contributed to his chronic lung disease. It was very difficult for me to reconcile that this terminally ill patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) “had a need to smoke” during the few days prior to his death. His shallow breathing was increasingly difficult, his tissue perfusion was poor, and his pulse oximetry was in the 80s. I heard the wheezing with each breath and could see the struggle
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Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is a chemoattractant cytokine produced by a variety of tissue and blood cells. Unlike many other cytokines, it has a distinct target specificity for the neutrophil, with only weak effects on other blood cells. Interleukin 8 (IL-8) or CXCL8 is a chemokine produced by macrophages and other cell types such as epithelial cells, airway smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells. Endothelial cells store IL-8 in their storage vesicles, the Weibel-Palade bodies. In humans, theinterleukin-8 protein
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Dyspnea is defined as a subjective sensation of shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing (Crystal RG et al-1991; Eric R. Beck, John L Francis and Robert L Souhami-1974; Esther Rodriguez et al-2008). Patients with COPD described their dyspnea as a sense of increased effort to breathe, heaviness, air hunger, or gasping (Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas et al-2010). It develops gradually over many years and eventually compromises the activities and quality of life of patient (Blanc PD et al-2003; Mahler
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Holistic Account of Care for a Patient or Client with Complex Needs What are complex needs? Who has them? It could be argued that everyone's needs are complex and as such, complex needs have been difficult to define (Rosengard et al., 2007). This essay intends to use literature to outline a systematic and holistic approach to care of a patient's complex needs. The nursing process and its framework of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation will be utilised to provide a patient centred
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