1 Pneumonia
What are the three risk factors of pneumonia?
Aspiration Inhalation Hematogenous
what kind of precaution would a patient who has active TB be in?
Isolation
Milking or stripping chest tube is recommended. (True/False)
False
A client is diagnosed with PE but has no hx of blood clots. Which should the nurse identify as a likely source of the PE? name 3
Fat, Tumor Tissue, Air, Amniotic Fluid
accumulation of blood from injury to the chest wall
Hemothorax
What type of pneumonia occurs from abnormal entry of secretions into lower airway?
Aspiration Pneumonia
Name 3 s/sx of TB?
fatigue
malaise
anorexia
unexplained wt loss
low grade fever
night sweats
With a chest tube, what does bubbling in the water-seal chamber indicate?
air leak
A client is suspected of having a PE. Which diagnostic test confirms the diagnosis?
Plasma D-dimer test
pneumothorax is diagnosed by...
X-RAY
What is the most common complication of pneumonia?
Pleurisy
TrWhat is the name of the TB skin test
Mantoux
Within the first hour, you noted the drainage amount was >200 mL, what is the priority action?
Notify HCP
What does PE stand for?
Pulmonary Embolism
S/S of a pneumothorax
tachycardia, dyspnea, and absent breath sounds
What does the R stand for in CURB 65?
Respirations greater than 30 bpm
What diagnostic test can diagnose TB?
TB skin test
IGRA ( blood)
Chest xray
Sputum culture
What are the two types of chest tubes?
1.) Water suction control
2.) Dry suction control
Patient teaching for rib fractures include
Deep breathing and coughing
Incentive Spirometer
Appropriate use of analgesics
spontaneous rupture occurs in...
young, healthy people
What are the two main dx studies?
Chest XRAY and Gram Stain/culture of sputum
If a patient has ever been positive for TB in the past what test would be done to diagnose them of active TB?
Chest x-ray
What reflects changes in pressure and disappears as lung reexpands?
Tidaling
True of False, traumatic injuries to the chest contribute to the majority of all traumatic deaths
True
Treatment of pneumothorax includes...
thoracentesis, chest tube, and needle decompression