Oral Hygiene and Aspiration Pneumonia Minn N. Yoon‚ BSc; Catriona M. Steele‚ PhD Oral health has increasingly become a priority issue for healthcare agencies in North America and worldwide. This review article attempts to (1) inform various healthcare providers of the risk factors that can arise from poor oral hygiene‚ specifically aspiration pneumonia; (2) report the mechanisms of bacterial colonization that are responsible for the development of aspiration pneumonia and the factors that can influence
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Immune-Compromised Host: What Can I Do to Fight Pneumonia? Pneumonia is an infection causing inflammation of the air sacs in one or both lungs. The air sacs may be filled with pus or fluid resulting to cough with phlegm or pus‚ chills‚ fever‚ and difficulty breathing. Bacteria‚ fungi‚ viruses‚ and a variety of organisms can cause pneumonia. But what if you are an immune-compromised host? When you already have a weakened immune system and you get pneumonia‚ it is called “pneumonia in an immune-compromised host”
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Arterial Blood Gas Values: 1. Respiratory acidosis 2. Metabolic alkalosis 3. Normal 4. Respiratory alkalosis Case Study: 1. When listening to the patient I would expect to hear crackles and wheezing. 2. Normal oxygen saturation is 95% to 100%. 3.Since the patient does have a history of diabetes and asthma‚ he has a higher risk of contracting viruses due to the fact that diabetes lowers your immune response‚ and asthma causes your airway to become more sensitive. With the patient
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INTRODUCTION Pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract infections are the leading causes of death worldwide. Because pneumonia is common and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality‚ properly diagnosing pneumonia‚ correctly recognizing any complications or underlying conditions‚ and appropriately treating patients are important. Although in developed countries the diagnosis is usually made on the basis of radiographic findings‚ the World Health Organization (WHO) has defined pneumonia solely
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Pulmonary disease or lung disease is any disease or disorder that occurs in the lungs or that causes the lungs or that causes the lungs not to work correctly. Some diseases or disorders that affect the lungs are Pneumothrax‚ Pneumonia‚ Hemothorax‚ and Infectious Mononucleosis: Epstein - Barr virus Infection. There are many signs‚ symptoms‚ treatments and medications for Pulmonary diseases. Symptoms and signs for Pneumothorax varies from patient to patient but usually includes Sudden and sharp
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When I was a child I had issues with not breathing correctly when I run so I when I would race someone I would run so fast without breathing correctly I would feel like I was having an asthma attack but as I grew older I corrected my breathing. There are many issues with the respiratory system that can be easily correct as changing the breathing patters of a runner. Hypoxemia is a condition that is caused by any minor respiratory conditions that makes it hard for the lungs to absorb oxygen. For
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6/20 What is Health? * Well-being according to cultural standards. * Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental‚ and social well being * Much more than treating current illness or disease * Health is multidimensional * Age‚ sex‚ cause‚ loss of function‚ QOL (Quality of Life) How do we measure health? * Diseased/Not diseased * Healthy/Not healthy * Continuous outcome * A range of states from health to illness * Hard to find an equivalency
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Nosocomial Pneumonia Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common pathogen in nosocomial pneumonia. It is hospital acquired infection that the hospitals eat up the cost of treatment. Although pneumonia can be prevented‚ it is still an infection that we find in hospitals all across the United States. Pneumonia is a dangerous infection in patients who are already immunosuppressed and get pneumonia as a secondary infection. Preventative measures need to be taken to prevent
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Community Acquired Pneumonia Dora E. Wiskirchen‚ PharmD‚ BCPS PHCY 836 – Day 5 PM Learning Objectives Identify risk factors for the development of pneumonia. Explain the pathophysiology‚ signs and symptoms‚ most common bacterial etiologies and associated resistance patterns‚ severity of illness scoring systems‚ and diagnostic techniques for pneumonia. Define atypical pneumonia and characterize patients who may be at risk for developing this type of pneumonia. Evaluate pharmacologic
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cystic fibrosis‚ empyema‚ mycoplasma pneumonia‚ pleurisy‚ and lung abscesses. Respiratory diseases‚ mild or fatal are treated differently according to their symptoms and severity. Blankenship 2 There are many different types of diseases that can infect the lungs‚ that are not deathly fatal to ones health‚ however‚ “Bronchiectasis is an abnormal dilation of the bronchi caused by suppurative infection of the bronchial wall. It can follow suppurative pneumonia or lung abscess and may be a sequel
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