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Assignment on Pneumonia PDF

   

Added on  2021-04-21

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Running head: CLINICAL ASESSMENTClinical AssessmentName of StudentName of UniversityAuthor Note

1 CLINICAL ASSESSMENTQuestion 1 (15 marks):A 75 year old man named Mr. Farouq, came to the high-acuity and was diagnosed withcommunity acquired pneumonia.. This kind of pneumonia occurs in people who have limited orno access to healthcare institutions and the condition has been undiagnosed for long time. Thecommon identified pathogens for this disease are Streptococcus pneumonia and Haemophilusinfluenzaeor sometimes it can be caused due to bacteria that remain undetected in Gram’s testlike, Chlamydia pneumoniae,Mycoplasma pneumoniae,Legionellasp., as well as viruses.Thepatho-physiology of the bacterial infection enters the lungs and fills them with pus whichaccumulates in the airs sacs making it difficult to breathe and induces cough along with sputumproduction. The Patient form the case study shows similar symptoms with the condition and issuffering from relentless coughing, sputum production, pleuritic chest ache, and tachycardiaalong with other clinical symptoms like high fever, high BP, dyspnea and tachypnea, whichindicates that the patient might be undergoing septic shock. The patient suffers difficulty inbreathing and is speaking only single words at a time due to low respiratory rate which is 35beats per minute and has long expiration rate. His SPO2 or dissolved blood oxygen is 82% whichis mildly low. The analysis of the chest X-ray shows that the patient has crackles on his lowerleft lobe base which suggests pulmonary edema or sepsis or accumulation of fluid or pus likesubstance in alveoli. This is suggestive of his pneumonic sepsis as well has bronchitis condition.Electrolytes, urea and creatinine result analysis show that every other component of the reportare normal except Na+ and Cl- due to dehydration. Urea and creatinine are elevated as well,because the body is not being able to excrete the waste properly, this could lead to a potential

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