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Bronchiectasis Vincent Hernandez, Robin Ignacio, Giovanni Salazar, Jod Decolongon, Elizabeth Martinez Concorde Career College RT 230 Clinical Medicine II Jerry Roper, RRT October 1, 2015 Outline Topic: Epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of Bronchiectasis I. Definition of Bronchiectasis A. Overview II. Causes of Bronchiectasis A. Causes 1. Tuberculosis 2. Fungal Infection 3. Severe Pneumonia 4. Whooping Cough III. Diseases Associated with Bronchiectasis A. Cystic

According to Holmes (2012), "Asthma is used to describe the disease process in which, when exposed to a specific stimulus, a patient 's airways become hyper-responsive, leading to infiltration of cells in the airways." Many of us understand asthma as something that a person experiences while running or exercising, and the physical activity causes them to wheeze and experience shortness of breath. Many people have already been diagnosed with asthma and carry their inhalers to help open their airways

Title: Whether educate patients on pressurized metered-dose inhaler (pMDI) technique at community pharmacy improves patients’ asthma control Introduction Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways, which requires treatment using bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids. Inhalation route is the most direct and efficient way to deliver high amount of drugs to the airways with least systematic side effects. Improper use of the inhaler device is one of the most common reasons for poor

The study included 100 patients with COPD. All patients fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. According to its demographic and clinical parameters and treatment groups differ among themselves. Completed the study, all patients included in the study. The therapy in all patients with a clinically meaningful improvement of symptoms was observed. There was a statistically significant decrease in levels of serum blood interleukin IL-6, IL-8, TNF-a, in the study groups. Dynamic change

Symptom management continues to emerge as a very important aspect of nursing science (Smith & Liehr, 2014). The Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms (TOUS) was designed to assimilate existing knowledge of symptoms, based on the premise that there is an array of symptoms experienced by several different clinical situations including: COPD, asthma, angina, heart failure, pneumonia, etc. (Smith & Liehr, 2014). The purpose of this theory is to help understand symptom experience and how it correlates with

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, is a major contributing factor of worldwide deaths (Olendorf, 1999). What causes it to be a main factor of worldwide deaths? The objective of this paper is to address the disease COPD and to evaluate research studies related to this disease. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affects nearly sixteen million people in the United States alone (Olendorf, 1999). It is also a wide-ranging name for additional correlated

HLTEN 513B- IMPLEMENT & MONITOR CLIENTS WITH CHRONIC PROBLEMS Assessment Task- case study – 100% Word limit- 1500-2000 words Introduction: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease also known as the abbreviation ‘COPD’ and Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease, known as ‘COAD’ is a lung disease which causes a persistent obstruction of bronchial air flow. COPD is now the name preferred instead of COAD. There are different forms of COPD/ COAD including asthma, emphysema, bronchiectasis and chronic bronchitis

An African American baby boy was born at one hospital but transferred to another hospital due to his critical condition. Now two months old, this baby boy’s Chief of Complaint is he was born with Dextrocardia or is also known as Detroversion, Dextroposition or Dextrorotation. He is 51 cm long and weighs 5.11 kg and for long-term care he was trached on 10/16/14. This baby boy was also born with HLHS (Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome). This patient is suspected of having CF but further tests need

I. Introduction Almost all of the patients that are encountered in physical therapy (PT) are taking one or more medications for various conditions. Physical therapists (PTs) do not prescribe medicine to patients. However, it is important for the PT to be aware of the patients’ medications and the effects of the medications on their PT. The effects of medications in combination with the effects of their particular conditions will help guide the PT in the safest and most effective therapy for each

Legalization of Medical Marijuana The controversy on the topic is that Americans link marijuana to uneducated, unemployed, and lazy individuals who deal with addiction. Though there are valid points for the legalization of the drug, there is a worry about how the drug will affect the users. Although opponents say that legalizing medical marijuana is a “back-door method of legalizing the drug for recreational use,” the U.S. should legalize medical marijuana because it will reduce crime, increase