HAT task 3A Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by a coronavirus; initial symptoms are lethargy‚ generalized aches and fever followed by cough‚ shortness of breath and occasionally diarrhea. The virus is known to be transmitted by droplets of body fluids when the infected individual coughs or sneezes. It is also thought to possibly be transmitted via contact. The virus is known to survive for up to 3 hours after contaminated droplets have dried. Live virus has also been found in the
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Whooping Cough Everyday parents tell their kids over and over again to “wash your hands!”‚ but how many kids do you think really listen to their parents? I know I never listened to them when it came to staying clean and keeping me healthy when I was younger and lived at home. Many people don’t understand how much washing your hands really helps prevent one from germs and catching diseases. The cleaner you try to keep yourself‚ the less likely your chances to catch a bad disease. One disease
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to atmospheric pressure‚ this will cause atelecatasis. How is Alveolar gas exchange affected by emphysema and pneumonia? Emphysema is a respitory disorder that affects the avioli. The avioli are sacs of epithelial tissue located in the ends of the bronchi tubes. These sacs are the site of gas exchange . When emphysema occurs‚ these sacs rupture and leave them unusable. Pneumonia‚ on the other hand‚ affects the avioli in a different way. When the sacs become filled with fluid from the bacterial
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smothering‚ tightness‚ drowning‚ or suffocation. When a patient experience’s dyspnoea they commonly describe symptoms of an inability to achieve an adequate air supply and describe a feeling of suffocation‚ smothering‚ tightness and/or drowning. Pneumonia affects the movement of air and blood into and out of the lungs (Porth‚ 2011)‚ this leaves Margaret at risk of developing respiratory failure (National Institute of Health‚ 2011). The oedema in Margaret’s alveoli is restricting the flow of oxygen
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RESPIRATORY SYSTEM Disease/Disorders ARDS Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome BOOP Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia CF Cystic Fibrosis COLD Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease DOE Dyspnea on Exertion Flu Influenza LTB Laryngotracheobronchitis OSA Obstructive Sleep Apnea PCP Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia PE Pulmonary Embolism PND Parorysonal Nocturnal Dyspnea RDS Respiratory Distress Syndrome SOB Shortness of Breath
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streptococcal throat infection to acute pneumonia. However‚ acute bacterial epiglottitis seems to be the most likely. Due to intensive research‚ it seems that George Washington would have in fact survived
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COPD Salve Aguilar West Coast University Pathophysiology Dr. Isabelle Tardif August 7‚ 2015 Abstract The case study presents the outcome of smoking that resulted to RS’ chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His ABGs’ show partially compensated respiratory acidosis as manifested by decreased pH‚ increased PaCO2‚ decreased PaO2 and increased HCO3. RS most likely has the following clinical findings caused by COPD: enlarged right heart along with the signs and symptoms
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Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) PCD also known as immotile cilia syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by a defect in the tiny hairs (cilia) lining the respiratory tracts‚ Specifically‚ it is a defect in a gene coding for left-right dynein (LRD) a key structural protein in cilia (Chodhari et al.‚ 2004) and is usually inherited as an autosomal recessive trait‚ although other modes of inheritance have been reported (Krawczynski and Witt‚ 2004). Clinical picture of PCD PCD
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Spirometer Breathing can become difficult for a patient after surgery‚ when they have pneumonia‚ a lung disease like (COPD)‚ or if they become on extensive bed rest. The patient may find that they can only take small‚ shallow breaths. Breathing this way makes it harder to get air into the patient lungs and can cause fluid and mucus to build up in the lungs. This could cause a serious lung infection like pneumonia. An incentive spirometer is a breathing exercise used to help a patient take deep breaths
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Isolation Precautions Special precautionary measures‚ practices‚ and procedures used in the care of patients with contagious or communicable diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides explicit and comprehensive guidelines for control of the spread of infectious disease in the care of hospitalized patients. The type of infectious disease a patient has dictates the kind of isolation precautions necessary to prevent spread of the disease to others. Standard Precautions are
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