Tuberculosis
A induration of 10mm is positive for this patient population.
What is Immunosuppressant patients?
A nurse should assess these if a patient is on a corticosteroid like prednisone.
What is hyperglycemia (check glucometer readings)?
What are signs of infection (White Blood Cell Count normal levels 5-10 thousand/ assess temperature)?
What are clear lung sounds (relieving the inflammation)?
This heart medication can trigger an asthma attack.
What is a nonselective beta blocker?
This is the best way to prevent any infection.
What is hand washing?
Skin test for TB.
What is Mantoux Test (PPD)?
Patients diagnosed with tuberculosis don't have to do this in the home.
What is stay isolated from family members?
Why? Family members are already exposed; however, family members should be treated for tuberculosis.
This is a maintenance medication that causes bronchodilation.
What is a long-acting bronchodilator-example: salmeterol?
This medication will help reduce the inflammation in asthmatics if inhaled.
What is corticosteroid (fluticasone)?
A nurse would assess this to determine if an antibiotic treatment is working.
What is temperature? and
What is white blood cell count-should be dropping back to the normal range of 5-10 thousand.
The normal PaCo2.
What is 35-45?
The sputum culture will reveal this in tuberculosis patients.
What is mycobacterium?
*This is the most definitive testing for TB.*
This medication will help the client break up/ loosen copious respiratory / mucus secretions.
What is guaifenesin and dextromethorphan?
This medication is used as maintenance to treat asthma under control. It dilates the bronchioles.
What is a long-acting bronchodilator (salmeterol)
This medication will treat pneumonia caused by bateria.
What is antibiotics?
The normal PaO2 or oxygen saturation in the blood.
What is 80-100 mm Hg?
The client should what this time length BEFORE reading the Mantoux tuberculin skin test.
What is 48-72 hours?
The normal value is 95-100% and means the patient is getting adequate oxygenation.
What is O2 saturation?
The nurse knows this is a cause of asthma.
What is hypersensity reaction?
What is inflammation?
This test checks to see if the pneumonia infection has spread to the blood stream as in septicemia or sepsis.
What are blood cultures?
Normal hemoglobin level.
What is 14-18 g/ dL (male)?
What is 12-16 g/dL (female)?
A client with tuberculosis should wait for negative of these before coming out of isolation.
What is a sputum culture?
This complication can occur in this side of heart due COPD?
What is right-sided failure (cor pulmonale)?
This part of the WBC's will be elevated in a client with asthma.
What are eosinophils?
If this complication occurs it causes unequal chest expansion and tracheal deviation.
What is pneumothorax?
This laboratory result is indicative of Tuberculosis.
What is sputum culture positive for mycobacterium?