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| common cold is caused by ____ that invade the _____ resp tract through ________ |
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| viruses, upper, airborne droplets |
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| common cold is spread via |
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| coughing, sneezing, touching contaminated surfaces and then touching eyes, nose, mouth |
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Nasal dryness and stuffiness, sneezing, runny nose,
headache, sore throat, lethargy, and fatigue |
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| complications of common cold |
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| Otitis media, sinusitis, bronchitis, pneumonia |
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| medical treatment for commnon cold |
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| Rest, fluids, proper diet, antipyretics, and analgesics |
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| when treating the common cold antibiotis are |
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| when treating the common cold ____ may be used |
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| pt with the common cold is contagious for |
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| 1st 2 to 3 days after sx appear |
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| in the pt with nasal surgery bleeding from the nasal cavity into the _____ may be swallowed although dressing remains _____ |
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| when assessing the pt with nasal surgery assess _____ for bleeding and be alert for |
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| bleeding, frequent swallowing |
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| trauma, clotting disorders, dryness, inflammation, and hypertension |
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| have pt sit down and lean forward, direct pressure for 10 to 15 mins |
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| medical treatment for epistaxis |
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Nasal balloon catheter
Nasal packing |
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| complications of epistaxis |
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| Infection, blockage of the eustachian tube, and airway obstruction |
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| Inflammation of tonsils/other throat lymphatic tissue |
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| tonsillitis is common in children but more sever in |
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| causative organisms of tonsillitis |
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| streptococci, staphylococci, H. influenzae, and pneumococci |
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| tosillitis is usually _____ but sometimes caused by a _____ |
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| most cases of tonsillitis run their course in |
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| signs and symptoms of tonsillitis |
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| Sore throat, difficulty swallowing, fever, chills, muscle aches, and headache, enlarged and reddened tonsils, purulent drainage, tender enlarged lymph node |
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| if tosillitis causes swollen tissue to block eustachian tubes it will cause |
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| medical diagnosis of tosillitis |
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| Complete blood count, throat culture and sensitivity, and a test for infectious mononucleosis |
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| medical treatment for tonsillitis |
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| antibiotic therapy, analgesics and anestheic lozenges, antipyretics, warm salin garlges/irrigation, rest and adequate fluid |
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| complications of tosillitis |
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| surgical treatment for tosillitis |
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| tosillectomy and adenoidectomy |
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| excessive swallowing may indicate |
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| in acute bronchitis irritation and inflammation may occur throughout _____ resp track, resulting in increased production of _____ |
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| signs and symptoms of acute bronchitis |
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| Fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, yellow or green sputum, rapid breathing, and occasionally chest pain |
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| medication for acute bronchitis includes |
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| antitussives, expectorants, bronchodilators |
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| inflammatotion of the pleura |
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| pneumonia, tuberculosis, injury to the chest wall, pulmonary infarction, and tumors |
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| abrupt and severe pain, almost always on one side of chest |
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| treatment of pleurisy involves treating |
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| underlying disease and pain relief |
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| medications used for treatment of pleurisy |
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| Analgesics, anti-inflammatories, antitussives, antimicrobials, local heat therapy |
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| nonpenetrating or blunt chest injuries occur from |
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| From automobile accidents, falls, or blast injuries |
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| non penetrating or blunt chest injuries can cause |
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| Rib fractures, pneumothorax, pulmonary contusion, and cardiac contusion |
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| penentrating injuries result from |
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| penentrating injuries can result in |
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| pneumothorax and life-threatening tears of the aorta, vena cava, or other major vessels |
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| signs and symptoms of chest trauma |
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| Obvious trauma to the chest wall; chest pain; dyspnea; cough; asymmetric movement of the chest wall; marked cyanosis of the mouth, face, nail beds, and mucous membranes; rapid, weak pulse; decreased blood pressure; deviation of the trachea; distended neck veins; and bloodshot or bulging eyes |
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| Accumulation of air in pleural cavity |
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| pneumothorax results in ______ collapse of lung |
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| Air repeatedly enters the pleural space with inspiration, causing the pressure to rise |
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| allows air to move in and out freely with inspiration and expiration |
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| Dyspnea, tachypnea, tachycardia, restlessness, pain, anxiety, decreased movement of the involved chest wall, asymmetric chest wall movement, diminished breath sounds on the injured side, and progressive cyanosis |
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| with pneumothorax if air can be heard or felt moving in and out of the wound it is called a |
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| medical treatment of pneumothorax involves physician inserting ____ needle through chest wall into pleural space and ____ accumulated air or fluid and then insert a ___ |
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| 18G, aspirate, chest tube |
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| Blood accumulation between chest wall and lung that is often associated with pneumothorax |
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| lacerated vessels or lung tissues, lung malignancy, or pulmonary embolus |
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| when air or blood collects in pleural space, pressure around lung _______ causing partial/complete collapse |
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| most common cause of rib fracture |
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| Pain at the site of injury (especially on inspiration), occasional bruising or surface markings, swelling, visible bone fragments at the site of the injury, and shallow breathing or guarding |
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| it takes approx ____ for a rib fracture to heal |
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| medical treatment for rib fracture |
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| Intercostal nerve blocks; analgesics; mild sedatives |
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| An injury in which two adjacent ribs on the same side of the chest are broken into two or more segments |
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| in flail chest affected section of the rib cage is ____ from the rest of the rib cage, permiting it to move ______ |
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| Severe dyspnea, cyanosis, tachypnea, tachycardia, and paradoxical movement of the chest |
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| foreign substance that is carried through the bldstream |
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| Usually a clot (thrombus), but can be fat, air, tumors, bone marrow, amniotic fluid, or clumps of bacteria |
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| surgery of the pelvis or lower legs, immobility, obesity, estrogen therapy, clotting abnormalities, legs in stirrups, immobile, immobile jobs like truckers and pilots |
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| s & s of pulmonary embolus |
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| Abrupt, sudden onset of chest pain that worsens with breathing, tachypnea, and dyspnea, apprehensiveness and diaphoretic with cough and hemoptysis, fever, tachycardia |
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| with a pulmonary embolus ____ may be heard |
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| pulmonary embolus is confirmed by |
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| confirmed by arterial blood gas analysis, electrocardiogram, lung scan, and pulmonary angiogram |
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| med/surg treatment for pulmonary embolus |
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| anticoagulation therapy, o2 therapy, endotracheal intubation, and/or mechanical ventilation, iv fluids/drugs, iv morphine sulfate |
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| surgical interventions for pulmonary embolus |
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| embolectomy, vena cava interruption by placing a filter |
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| a filter for pulmonary embolus is like a _____ that acts like a catchers mit to keep ___ from reaching the lungs |
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