COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Angelia Alleyne HCS/245 May 4‚ 2015 Professor Lori Olson COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ or COPD‚ is a long-term disease that causes breathing problems. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide. COPD‚ however‚ is a heterogeneous collection of diseases with differing causes‚ pathogenic mechanisms‚ and physiological effects. Therefore a comprehensive approach
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Spirometry is a diagnostic pulmonary function test. Relatively easy to perform‚ for both the patient and the clinician‚ Spirometry testing is noninvasive. The spirometry tests measure lung volumes. There are many reasons spirometry testing is done. Most common would be to assess lung function in disease process‚ but studies are also done in exercise testing for lung capacity and expenditure of oxygen. Speech Language Pathologists are also concerned with Spirometry testing. The lungs are the power
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data‚ and the Internet to answer the following questions. All reports must be typed and stapled. All reports must be in your own words. One student from each group should include the LabTutor-generated data tables and/or graphs. Exercise 1: Pulmonary function tests Respiratory parameter Units Experimental Value Predicted Value* BPM 14 TV L 0.490L IRV L 1.984L ERV L 0.905L RV L 1.45L * Go to: http://www.dynamicmt.com/dataform3.html to calculate your predicted values. 1.
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Nurses ’ Role in Health Assessment of Patient with COPD and CHF The nursing role in health assessment involves a systematic collection of data that provides information to facilitate a plan of care to deliver the best care for the patient. Assessment is the foundation of nursing practice. The nurse carries out health assessment to determine the patient ’s condition of health‚ risk factors‚ as well as the need for health education in order to develop an individualized care plan. The nurse
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80-90% of all chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ emphysema‚ chronic mucus secretion‚ and chronic air flow blocks. Smoking is involved in 85% of all lung cancer deaths. An individual with chronic bronchitis‚ which is caused by smoking‚ is more likely to get a bacterial infection if he or she is a smoker. A smoker gets more nose and throat inflammations‚ respiratory infections‚ and chronic bronchitis. Heart Disease Cigarette smoking accounts for 30% of all heart disease deaths. The carbon
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Respiratory disorders and diseases are some of the most common medical conditions in the world. They encompass any number of conditions that affect the breathing system and can range from a mild common cold to more severe lung cancer. These disorders can be classified in many ways‚ one of which is a group called chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. Included in that group is a disease called emphysema. “Respiratory Disorders” Emphysema is an irreversible‚ progressive disease that gradually damages
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A REFLECTIVE PIECE ON A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. In this reflective piece of writing I will be explaining how chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects the patient physically‚ psychologically ‚and socially ‚I will also explain how the disease affects his daily routine and how it impacts on his family life. I will give an overview of the clinical signs and symptoms‚ how the disease alters the pathphysiology of the lungs‚ and what these changes cause within
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breathing because of occasional bouts of acute sinusitis. Sinusitis can make it difficult to breathe for a week or two until the inflammation subsides and the congested sinuses begin to drain.Many breathing problems are chronic or long-term. These common breathing problems include chronic sinusitis‚ allergies‚ and asthma. These problems can cause a host of symptoms such as nasal congestion‚ runny nose‚ itchy or watery eyes‚ chest congestion‚ cough‚ wheezing‚ labored breathing‚ and shallow breathing. The
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Emphysema and lung cancer are 2 condition related to smoking. (A) Emphysema is described has a Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is a combination of lung damage and mucous production that makes it hard to breathe. This is a chronic condition caused by damage to the alveoli air sacs in the lung. When the lungs are exposed to cigarette smoke‚ causes excess mucus production due to the destruction of lung tissue in the smaller airways. This makes them unable to hold there structure properly
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According to the estimates on self reported data in Australia and the worldwide research from the Office of Health Economics‚ more than 5% of the Australian population who is aged 55 and over is suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and it is the 5th most common cause of death in Australia and will be 4th leading cause of death throughout the world by 2030 respectively. (Booker‚ 2010‚ AIHW‚ 2016) This essay will present the overview about the COPD clinical intervention in regards to
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