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This is the most common cause of acute laryngitis.
What is a viral infection?
Persistent hoarseness lasting longer than this amount of time should be evaluated for possible laryngeal cancer.
What is two weeks?
This procedure is used to obtain a tissue sample from a suspected lung cancer mass for biopsy.
What is a bronchoscopy?
When a chest tube is inserted, this type of drainage system is commonly used to allow air and fluid to be expelled from the pleural cavity.
What is a water-seal drainage system?
This surgical procedure involves the removal of a portion of the lung and is often used for patients with early-stage lung cancer.
What is a lobectomy?
This common habit is a major risk factor for chronic laryngitis.
What is smoking?
Patients who undergo a laryngectomy may use this type of device to produce speech.
What is an electrolarynx?
Common clinical manifestations of lung cancer include a change in this symptom.
What is cough?
This condition leads to air accumulating in the pleural space and is a common reason for chest tube insertion.
What is a pneumothorax?
This procedure removes the entire lung and is typically performed for patients with advanced lung cancer.
What is a pneumonectomy?
Laryngitis lasting more than three weeks is classified as this.
What is chronic laryngitis
Along with a biopsy, this imaging technique is commonly used to assess the extent of laryngeal cancer.
What is a laryngoscopy?
This lifestyle factor is the leading cause of lung cancer, responsible for the majority of cases.
What is smoking?
This post-operative intervention ensures the chest tube remains patent and prevents dislodgement.
What is securing the chest tube and checking for air leaks?
This type of procedure may performed for a diagnostic lung biopsy or for the excision of small peripheral nodules.
What is a wedge resection?
Common clinical manifestations of laryngitis include hoarseness, sore throat, dry cough, and this symptom, which refers to difficulty or pain while swallowing.
What is dysphagia?
Post-operative nursing care for a laryngectomy includes airway management, pain control, and this essential intervention.
What is establishing a communication method?
This type of aggressive lung cancer often presents with rapid progression and metastasis and is associated with early onset of symptoms.
What is small cell lung cancer (SCLC)?
Lymph nodes, bone, brain, other lung, adrenal glands, and liver
What is the most common sites of lung mets?
After a pneumonectomy, this is a common post-operative complication that occurs due to the loss of lung volume.
What is atelectasis?
In cases of bacterial laryngitis, this type of medication may be prescribed to eliminate the infection.
What are antibiotics?
Complications of a laryngectomy can include this common post-surgical complication where fluid or blood collects under the skin, causing swelling.
What is a hematoma or seroma?
Which two diseases are risk factors that cause inflammation and can damage DNA and lead to mutations that cause cancer
What are COPD and TB?
If a chest tube is accidentally removed from the patient, this immediate intervention is necessary to prevent air from re-entering the pleural space.
What is covering the site with a sterile dressing and applying pressure?
This type of surgery will not have chest tubes post-operatively.
What is a pneumonectomy?