Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a long-term, debilitating disease characterised by progressive airflow limitation.(1) It is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide,(2) and is expected to become the third highest cause of death and the fifth highest cause of disability adjusted life years by 2020.(3) The global cost of illness for COPD was US$2.1 trillion in 2010 and is expected to increase to $4.8 trillion by 2030.(4) COPD is associated with various systemic manifestations
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CoPD Education has always had a huge impact on the world, and especially in today’s times. In their article, “Enhancing Teacher Competency through Co-Teaching and Embedded Professional Development,” LaShorage Shaffer and Karen Thomas-Brown share their strong attitude towards the Co-teaching Professional Development (CoPD). Shaffer and Brown reveal how effective the CoPD is on students with disabilities. From the beginning, Shaffer and Brown start off with discussing how the teaching profession
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The most important cause of COPD is smoking; however, smoking is not the only cause for COPD (Ko & Hui, 2012). Evidence suggests that prolonged exposure to noxious particles and gases is related to the development of the disease (Ko & Hui, 2012). Traffic and other outdoor pollution, second-hand smoke, and biomass smoke exposure are all associated with the development of COPD (Ko & Hui, 2012). Outdoor air pollution in urban areas is a major public health problem due to emissions of air pollutants
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) The medical diagnosis I chose to write about from 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
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COPD is group of conditions with the characteristic of airflow obstruction. The main pathological conditions of COPD are chronic bronchitis which is combination of mucus hyper-secretion and an obstructive ventilator pattern. COPD is characterized by permanent airway obstruction (forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio < 0.7) (Fig.no.2) [21]. Emphysema is the another conditions found in COPD in which air sac of
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Antibiotics works well against COPD exacerbations Nurse.com published on Sept. 5, 2011 published findings of a study funded by the National Heart and Lung Institute.(http://news.nurse.com/article/20110905/ED02/309050030) The clinical study found that by adding the antibiotic Azithromycin, 250 mg daily in addition to the daily treatment regimen of the COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary) patient; acute COPD exacerbations decreased; which was the objective to the study. COPD Exacerbations: are sudden
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1 Public Health Comparison Paper Michele Zager, RN Nur/408 November 4th, 2013 Felita J. Patterson 2 Public Health Comparison Paper Public health is defined as “an organized activity of society to promote, protect, improve, and when necessary, restore the health of inficiduals, specified groups, or the enite population” (Scutchfield & Keck, 2009, p. 3). Public health has helped millions of people in the United States achieve the higest level of health possible. Through the efforts
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Lung cancer and COPD Cyndi Morris COMP/155 September 12, 2013 Laura Prunsky Why would someone continue to smoke, knowing the risk involved? This is a question people ask every day. It is not only a risk for the smoker, but also for innocent people all around them. Did you know that second hand smoke is now a known cause in cancer? With widely publicized information on the health and environmental consequences of smoking, people still choose to smoke cigarettes. This leads to serious lifelong
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having normal breathing pattern. It is difficult for a person who has a lung disease and it`s not an easy thing to live with. To have a healthy lungs are very important to life and function. If somebody has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, the breathing doesn’t always come easily. This was the reason of our patient to seek medical assistance because of experiencing shortness of breath (dyspnea) accompanied with hard cough. Thus, she with
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Background: - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common disease state in the elderly. It occurs most commonly among smokers. It is estimated that by the year 2020 it will be the third leading cause of death in the world. Also, COPD is the third most frequent cause for readmission to hospitals within 30 days after discharge. The high readmission rates for COPD patients forced the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to reduce reimbursement rates for hospitals that has a high
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