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She is currently admitted into gp surgery with a severe asthma attack.... This helps to release blocked airways and bring the asthma attack under control(Plotnick and Duchrame 2003).... Some emergency measures can be used to… ate the severity of the attack, to bring the wheezing down, but the long term regimen and treatment plan must be targeted towards preventing wheezing, not merely taking care of the flare ups.... The main aim of the long term treatment is to bring some measure of control over the wheezing attacks, so that Jane can sleep well at night and engage in moderate levels of activity without getting an attack....
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Inspection: patient crying, anxious in appearance, cyanotic, pursed-lip breathing, extreme shortness of breath, using accessory muscles of inspiration, strong productive cough with thick and white sputum.
The patient has severe form of persistent asthma based on the following… servations: (1) shortness of breath at rest, (2) sits upright, (3) anxious in appearance, (4) use of accessory muscles, (5) bilateral wheezing and rhonchi, (6) HR >120, (6) PaO2 ...
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The important concern with paediatric asthma is that a significant percentage of children hospitalized with a severe attack of asthma are likely to die.... asthma is a condition that results from the hypersensitivity of the airways and inflammation of the airways.... Exacerbations in severe paediatric asthma result from the chemotactic response of the… system of the sensitized child to an allergic insult or a viral infection that results in enhanced inflammation of the airways, bronchospasms and increased mucus secretions....
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oxygen, medical… Trina has a history of asthma and is suffering from exacerbation of an asthmatic attack probably due to contact with an allergen during her holiday, excessive exercise or it could have been precipitated due to temperature change.... rina has a history of asthma and is suffering from exacerbation of an asthmatic attack probably due to contact with an allergen during her holiday, excessive exercise or it could have been precipitated due to temperature change....
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In this discussion, the researcher will elaborate a multidisciplinary team management of an adult with moderate acute asthma attack admitted to an adult ward to ascertain the importance of team approach to managing adult respiratory disorders.... Such a management of a patient is known as a multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary approach.... His father is a known patient with asthma.... In view of the severity of the condition and low saturation on pulse oximetry, James was admitted to the adult ward for further, evaluation, observation, and management....
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hellip; This paper gives information that asthma is a heterogeneous disease process referring to a symptom, an exacerbation or attack, or underlying diseases of the airway characterized by episodic airways inflammation, airways hyperresponsiveness, and mucus hypersecretion (Harver& Kotses, 2010, 19).... The aim of the study : (1) to explain the process that leads to the structural and functional changes resulting from Jason's asthma; (2) to explain how four of Jason's clinical manifestations are related to the structural and functional changes....
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The asthma attack is characterized by the narrowing of airways; which occurs due to the tightening of muscles, excessive secretion of mucus, and swelling of epithelial lining in lungs (Bisgaard et al.... This essay analyzes asthma as a chronic inflammatory disorder with acute exacerbations.... Additionally, asthma is among the most common maladies prevalent in childhood.... hellip; From this paper, it is clear that the total number of people suffering from asthma in the United Kingdom is 5....
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The beta-2 blocking effects of these drugs could trigger an attack of asthma in an asthmatic patient due to the absence of beta-2 mediated bronchodilatation.... Considering the actions of β-adrenoceptors in the body identified in part (1), would it be the most appropriate treat uncomplicated hypertension in a 68-year-old patient with moderate asthma and renal impairment with atenolol, metoprolol or propranolol?... Atenolol, Metoprolol and Propranolol have affects on both the beta 1 and beta 2 adrenergic receptors which makes them favorable in the treatment of uncomplicated hypertension but a patient with asthma and renal impairment should not be given these drugs as they have beta-2 blocking effects too....
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