COPD: EMPHYSEMA

[hershey.sarah]

HELLO.... can i ask for help?

its our case study again....

i need more info about my case...

can anyone help me ...

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thanks..

[loricatus]

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/807143-overview

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/141287.php

http://www.enotes.com/nursing-encyclopedia/emphysema

http://www.ltcpractice.com/content/node-6/clinicians/cop.htm

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

what help do you need? what is your part in this case study? a case study is a presentation that begins by giving information about the pathophysiology, signs and symptoms and complications of the medical condition and how it is diagnosed by doctors and how it is treated by doctors. then, following the steps of the nursing process you show what kinds of nursing problems this type of patient will have, how a nurse assesses for them, provides nursing interventions (including assisting physicians in carrying their orders), and evaluates their effectiveness. to find information about emphysema, which is one of the diseases of copd, look on the weblinks listed on this thread: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/medical-disease-information-258109.html - medical disease information/treatment/procedures/test reference websites. good websites to look on are

• medline plus (use the search box) http://www.medlineplus.gov/
  
• web md index list of medical conditions http://www.webmd.com/a_to_z_guide/health_topics.htm
  
• merck manual of diagnosis and therapy http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/sections.jsp [will give you the pathophysiology of diseases]
  
• medicine net diseases & conditions a to z index http://www.medicinenet.com/diseases_and_conditions/article.htm
  
• for information on how to stop smoking which you may want to include as one of your teaching interventions (smoking is one of the causes of emphysema) and other respiratory related weblinks, see post #13 on this sticky thread: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/any-good-iv-127657.html - any good iv therapy or nursing procedure web sites
  

[coffeekat]

by the way, patient with COPD are commonly using BIPAP to eliminate CO2 retention, but how exactly the BIPAP help ? thankyou for your help

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

I think you are referring to BIPAP syncrony.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-bipap.htm

[coffeekat]

thanks Daytonite

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