Assessment and ABGS
Substances that release hydrogen ions when dissolved in water or body fluids, increasing the amount of free hydrogen ions in that solution
What are acids?
Way to diagnose acute pharyngitis caused by strep?
What is RADT (rapid antigen detection testing)?
Closure or collapse of the alveoli
What is atelectasis?
The patient populations who should receive the pneumococcal vaccine
Who are 65+ and 19+ with a weakened immune system
Slowly progressive respiratory disease of airflow obstruction involving the airways, pulmonary parenchyma or both
What is COPD?
The normal flow rate for a nasal cannula
What is 1-6L/min
3 S's of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
What are "snoring, sleepiness and SO report of sleep apnea episodes"
Inhalation of foreign material into the lung leading to inflammatory reaction, hypo-ventilation and ventilation-perfusion mismatch
What is aspiration?
Timing when patients should receive an antiviral for Influenza
What is 24 - 48 hours after symptoms begin?
Goal SPO2 for a patient with COPD
What is 88 - 92%?
Movement of the walls of the thoracic cage and the diaphragm
What is ventilation ?
Group of disorders characterized by inflammation and irritation of the mucous membranes of the nose
What is Rhinitis?
Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the lung tissue, alveolar space or both
What is pulmonary edema?
Respiratory disease spread by airborne transmission through droplets and then moves to other parts of the body such as kidneys, bone and cerebral cortex
What is Tuberculosis?
The primary symptoms of COPD
What are chronic cough, sputum production and dyspnea?
First type of sign/symptom typically seen in acidotic states
What are cognitive changes?
This type of nosebleeds are more dangerous
What are posterior nosebleeds (epistaxis)?
Impaired ventilation of perfusion mechanisms; rapid deterioration to hypoexmia, hypercapnia and respiratory acidosis
What is Acute Respiratory Failure?
Significant Mantoux test results for a patient who is immunocompromised
What is 5mm or greater induration?
Asthma is a chronic inflammation disease of the airways that causes these 3 pathological changes
What are hyper responsiveness, mucousal edema and mucous production?
If CO2 and HCO3 are both out of range and the pH is out of range
What is partial compensation?
If clear fluid is draining from the nostrils after a nasal fracture, we should be suspicious of ________
What is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?
Air in the pleural space causing a loss of negative pressure in the chest cavity, a rise in chest pressure and a reduction in vital capacity
What is a pneumothorax?
Type of pneumonia in which is often caused by colonization by multiple organisms due to overuse of antimicrobial agents?
What is Hospital Acquired Pneumonia?
Severe, life threatening acute episode of airway obstruction that intensifies once it begins and does not respond to usual therapy
What is Status Asthmaticus?