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HEAMOTHORAX (CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS (breaking out in cold sweat, skin…
HEAMOTHORAX
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
breaking out in cold sweat
skin turning pale
feeling nervous and anxious
fever over 38degres
heavily breathing
dyspnea
heaviness if chest
NURSING INTERVENTION
maintain semi- fowlers body positioning
allay anxiety and stress
assess and control drainage system
observe and care of thoracic insertion site
administer supplementary oxygen via ventilation system
assess and observe vital signs
CAUSES
traumatic injury
lung tissue dysfunction
defects in blood clotting
lung infections
pulmonary embolism
HEALTH EDUCATION
not to touch or disturb insertion site
avoiding to lay flat when sleeping
avoid streniuos activities for a while
take pain killers when neccessary
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
due to damaged blood vessels in chest wall
abnormal chest bleeding
accumulation of fluid in the pluera cavity
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
Thoracentesis
thoractomy fibrinolytic therapy
tube thoracstonomy
PHARMACOLOGY
urokinase
streptokinase
DEFINITION
Accumulation of blood in the pleural space.
HEAMOTHORAX
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
heaviness if chest
dyspnea
heavily breathing
fever over 38degres
feeling nervous and anxious
skin turning pale
breaking out in cold sweat
NURSING INTERVENTION
assess and observe vital signs
administer supplementary oxygen via ventilation system
observe and care of thoracic insertion site
assess and control drainage system
allay anxiety and stress
maintain semi- fowlers body positioning
CAUSES
pulmonary embolism
lung infections
defects in blood clotting
lung tissue dysfunction
traumatic injury
HEALTH EDUCATION
take pain killers when neccessary
avoid streniuos activities for a while
avoiding to lay flat when sleeping
not to touch or disturb insertion site
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
tube thoracstonomy
thoractomy fibrinolytic therapy
Thoracentesis
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
accumulation of fluid in the pluera cavity
abnormal chest bleeding
due to damaged blood vessels in chest wall
PHARMACOLOGY
streptokinase
urokinase
DEFINITION
Accumulation of blood in the pleural space.