March 18‚ 2013 Spirometry Lab Write-Up A. Subject History The subject is a twenty eight year old female. She stands five feet eight inches tall and weighs approximately one hundred fifty pounds. The subject is a non-smoker and although she has never had any respiratory issues‚ asthma does tend to run in her family on the maternal side. The subject does however admit to feeling out of breathe easily when doing intense exercise for an extended period of time. B. Effect of CO2 on Breathing
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quiet breathing and thereby measure tidal volume‚ and also trace deep inspirations and expirations to give information about vital capacity. Spirometrymay also be used to measure forced expiration rates and volumes and to compute FEV1/FVC ratios. Spirometry provides an objective measurement of lung function. It will measure the Expiratory Vital Capacity (EVC): The maximum volume of gas which can be expired from the lungs during a relaxed expiration from a position of full inspiration. It will also
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Spirometry is a basic medical test in which a patient inhales and exhales as hard and as long as possible into a tube in one long breath. The spirometer measures the total volume of air in the lungs as well as the amount that can be exhaled in the first second. Spirometry is used as a diagnostic tool to determine a host of illnesses. In many cases‚ people with asthma will undergo annual spirometry to track the progress of the treatment(s) received. General Practitioners (GP’s) use spirometry
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nontraumatic. The most common cause of nontraumatic chylothorax is malignancy‚ with less common causes including LAM‚ sarcoidosis‚ tuberculosis‚ histoplasmosis‚ Castleman disease‚ Down syndrome‚ and venous thrombosis. The obstructive findings on spirometry‚ history of prior pneumothorax‚ and lack of known prior malignancy make LAM the most likely etiology.
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Pulmonary Complications: Diaphragmatic breathing exercises or Incentive Spirometry? Postoperative care is an essential role in nursing practice. It prevents postoperative complications that may arise due to surgeries. Postoperative care includes a pathway of healing and recovering leading to prophylaxis of many pulmonary complications. Postoperative pulmonary complications include respiratory failure‚ pneumonia‚ and atelectasis. Preventing such complications is important in the clinical setting because
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University of Perpetual Help System – DALTA Alabang – Zapote Road‚ Pamplona‚ Las Piñas City College of Nursing A Case Study of Bronchial Asthma In Acute Exacerbation (BAIAE) Submitted by: Angela Marie Ferrer BSN 3B July 17‚ 2012 Definition A condition of the lungs characterized by widespread narrowing of the airways due to spasm of the smooth muscle‚ edema of the mucosa‚ and the presence of mucus in the lumen of the bronchi and bronchioles. Bronchial asthma is a chronic relapsing inflammatory
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lung volume. Spirometer Spirometry is the most basic and frequently performed test of pulmonary (lung) function. A device called a spirometer is used to measure how much air the lungs can hold and how well the respiratory system is able to move air into and out of the lungs. A spirometry test is done with a spirometer‚ which consists of a mouthpiece and disposable tubing connected to a machine that records the results and displays them on a graph. To perform spirometry‚ a person inhales deeply
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person is hypoxic and is a common feature of COPD. Moreover‚ pulmonary function test measures the lung capacity and functioning of your lungs. One pulmonary function test that is particularly useful for people with COPD and for diagnosing COPD is spirometry. When testing for COPD two values are important: the FVC (forced vital capacity) and FEVC1 (forced expiratory volume). The FVC measures your lung capacity or the maximum amount of air you can exhale after taking a full inhale‚ while the FEV1 measures
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As mammals our aerobic metabolic system requires oxygen for us to sustain life. The organ that transports oxygen from the environment into the body where it is needed‚ are the lungs. Oxygen is transported through cellular respiration from the lungs to tissues and organs. Between 2‚100 to 2‚400 gallons of air is breathed to fuel 2‚400 gallons of blood that is pumped into the heart. Respiration is controlled by the medulla oblongata‚ which deals with the autonomic function of breathing. This characteristic
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs University of Phoenix Introduction to Health and Disease HCS 245 Mark Greeder February 16‚ 2013 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ COPD‚ is a trending disease that is a common lung disease. Smoking is the leading cause of COPD but being a smoker does not mean that you will get COPD. Chronic bronchitis‚ emphysema‚ and asthma are obstructive diseases that impair breathing and cause symptoms related
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