nausea and vomiting for the past 10 days. To start, the patient family history is his mother who is 49 years old, have diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and hypertension. Next his father who is 53 years old, have history of hypertension, COPD, a current smoker and have asthma. His sister is 28 years old who also has asthma. System assessment Patient is alert and oriented to self, time, person and situations. Right and left pupils are round, size 3 and brisk. Mucus membrane is moist,
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Modifiable Factors: PLEURAL EFFUSION SECONDARY TO COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA Non Modifiable factors: Underlying diseases Pneumonia, COPD Cardiovascular disease Diabetes mellitus Genetic The immunocompromised or immunosuppressed patients with low neutrophil count Age: Very young and of 60-70 yrs old Lifestyle Gender More t in males than in females
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Lung cancer arises from the epithelial of the respiratory track. Lung cancer is the most severe cancer compare to the other cases of cancer. Lung cancer is the number one killer in United States and the world. In this country alone, there are 219440 new cases yearly and 159390 death yearly which is almost 57% of death yearly form lung cancer. These cases of lung cancer account for 14% of all cancer in men and 15% in women every year. (McCance, Huether, Brashers, & Rote, 2010, p. 1299). Although tobacco
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Clinical Case Study Assignment 2014 Jennifer Ahonen Cambrian College a00050951 BSN 2144: Nursing Practice Frances Carvalho & Jillian Smythe March 21, 2014 Clinical Case Study Assignment 2014 The purpose of this paper is to utilize the data collected in the Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns Assessment Tool (Appendix A). After data collection, it will be analyzed and a priority nursing diagnosis will be used to make a care plan (Appendix B). Patient X is an 82 year old male, who presented
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Noninvasive Airway and Breathing Device Essay There are a variety of oxygen-delivery devices that can be used to administer oxygen. To determine which device is the proper one to uses depends on the severity of hypoxia and any other respiratory diseases. The patient’s age, level of consciousness, presence of artificial airway, and environment also come into play. One of these devices mentioned above is a “simple mask.” A simple mask is normally used for patients that require a moderate flow rate
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A pulmonary Embolism is a blood clot or a mass that blocks off the main artery that feeds blood to the lungs, known as the pulmonary artery. Most pulmonary emboli usually are from pieces or parts that originate in the deep veins of the lower extremities, but they can also rare occasion they can come from the pelvic, renal, upper extremity veins, or the right heart chamber. Once the clot has made it was way into the lungs, a large clot can lodge itself at the bifurcation of the pulmonary artery
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the single greatest cause of preventable death globally.[3] Tobacco use leads most commonly to diseases affecting the heart, liver and lungs, with smoking being a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (including emphysema and chronic bronchitis), and cancer (particularly lung cancer, cancers of the larynx and mouth, and pancreatic cancer). It also causes peripheral vascular disease and hypertension. The effects depend on the number of years that
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initiated. With the added benefit of an electronic format at the bedside, the nurse is able to document at the bedside with more precision and timeliness, improving the accuracy of documentation. For example, a patient admitted with the diagnosis of COPD, the nurse could use the nursing diagnosis of impaired gas exchange. A care plan would be created with appropriate interventions and outcome criteria. Care would be more precise based on standardized interventions and outcomes derived from ICNP.
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Respiratory Air Flow and Volume 1. The predicted value for vital capacity (3.91 L) is higher than the experimental vital capacity (3.56 L). The predicted value for functional residual capacity (2.96L) is higher than the experimental value (2.54 L). The predicted value for total lung capacity(5.51) is higher than the experimental value (5.16). The differences can be caused by smoking, asthma and other lung deseases. 2. Inspiration mainly use muscular effert during quiet breathing. Expiration
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Thank you for referring Mario Stefanile, a 64-uyear-old gentleman who is a retired maintenance worker. Mario reports a history of asbestos exposure between 1975 and 2015. He was only wearing protective masks since 2010. He is an ex-smoker of less than ten pack-years and keeps two pet dogs that he has had for a number of years. As you are aware, Mario has a history of ischemic heart disease and I note has had three coronary artery stents inserted, the most recent of which was in 2004. He continues
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