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Shortness of breath can be due to a variety of causes including lung diseases, severe anemia, and even heart failure, which should be investigated further.... From this history, we should form a group of provisional differential diagnoses that need to be systematically investigated to arrive at the correct diagnosis.... Thus, inflammatory arthritis should be another group of disorders to be kept as part of the diagnosis.... he substantial weight loss is seen in many chronic conditions and malignant conditions, which can be confirmed after making the diagnosis....
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The author of this assignment "Treatment of acute respiratory failure" analyzes the assessment data, which would support the diagnosis of respiratory failure.... All this information indicate that he was in acute respiratory failure (Delerme & Ray, 2008).... This is an important part of history since quite frequently such patients develop acute respiratory failure superimposed on a chronic pulmonary condition such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which is common in elderly men of his age (O'Malley, Marcantonio, Murkofsky, Caudry, & Buchanan, 2007)....
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A patient with chronic emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents to the clinic with severe respiratory distress.... The diagnosis is pneumothorax, pleural effusion, and chronic bronchitis.... Your diagnosis would be
... What could be the diagnosis?...
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When given a physical examination it was found that the patient had a fever, increased respiratory rate, low blood pressure, fast heart rate and sinus problems.... In this case, the special care and knowledge needed helped the nurse assist, diagnose, and treat the case of acute pneumonia that the patient developed.... He was complaining of acute pain when he coughed or when he took deep breaths....
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This paper "Pathophysiology of Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome" discusses a clinical syndrome, known as acute respiratory distress syndrome or ARDS, that is characterized by an acute and diffuse life-threatening injury of the alveolar-capillary of the lungs.... ARDS is also known as a diffuse injury of the pulmonary parenchyma associated with noncardiogenic edema of the lung that results in severe respiratory distress and hypoxemic failure of the lung.... According to Swierzewshi (2000), a variety of conditions from blood – borne infection (sepsis), major trauma, and pneumonia can also cause ARDS....
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In the essay, the evaluation of administration of continuous positive airway pressure or CPAP by nurses in a patient with acute respiratory distress admitted to intensive care unit will be elaborated to ascertain the role of critical care nurse in the management of patients with respiratory failure.... In this essay, critical evaluation of administration of continuous positive airway pressure or CPAP by nurses in a patient with acute respiratory distress admitted to intensive care unit will be elaborated to ascertain the role of critical care nurse in the management of patients with respiratory failure....
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As the paper "The Diagnosis of right-sided pneumonia leading to acute respiratory failure" outlines, postoperative pneumonia is clinical signs of infection occurring 48 hours after surgical operation of the abdominal or chest injury due to pseudomonas aeruginosa.... Ivmiesvich developed increased respiration -108 beats/min (normal 90 bpm) and became tachycardiac (Heart Rate >102 beats per minute) (marieb, 2004) triggering metabolic rate and consequently leading to an increase in heat....
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