MURSE21

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1. Steroids for pneumonia?

   MURSE21 replied to longforseaair's topic in General Nursing

   steroids for COPD? steroids are only given for adjunctive therapy with a beta agonist for COPD therapy; and it is because of the medications "affliate" nature with one another. Steroids solely do not provide anti-inflammatory effects on COPD because...

2. Steroids for pneumonia?

   MURSE21 replied to longforseaair's topic in General Nursing

   Actually there is a whole debate versus the rationale for administering steroids to a COPD patient. It is not like asthma (eosinophil reaction); it is a neutrophillic reaction and thus humans are actually resistant to the drug. One method of treatm...

3. predicting mortality in COPD patient

   MURSE21 replied to MURSE21's topic in General Nursing

   oh alright, any information on how the QMVC assessment works?

4. Question about demanding COPD patient

   MURSE21 replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in Med-Surg

   It would have been interesting to see what stage of COPD she was in using the GOLD assessment. A simple spirometry may have been beneficial.

5. predicting mortality in COPD patient

   MURSE21 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello fellow nurses, My question is on the prognosis of COPD. I was wondering if someone would be able to extrapolate on the assessment of the QMVC, and muscle endurance in relation to the prediction of mortality. I heard that quadriceps dysfunctio...