Week 3-Pneumonia Flashcards
Pts should receive Pneumonia vaccine if
65 and older
Process of moving air in and out of lungs
Ventilation
Blood supply to facilitate gas exchange
Perfusion
Gas exchange
Oxygenation
Respiration
Cellular level
Pneumonia is an infection of
lower respiratory tract-terminal airways (terminal bronchioles, alveoli)
CAP
Community acquired pneumonia
HAP
Hospital acquired pneumonia
HCAP
Healthcare Associated Pneumonia
VAP
Ventilator associated Pneumonia
Severity of pneumonia =
Pathogen+Host response
Subjective S/S/ of pneumonia
Pleuritic CP
Cough
dyspnea
heart palp
fatigue, malaise
fever
sputum
Children: abd pain
Objective S/S of Pneumonia
Fever, tachy, hypoxia
purulent sputum
toxic appearing
cyanosis
labored resp
chills
rigor
absent/diminished lung sounds
crackles
tactile fremitus
ergophony