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BRONCHIECTASIS PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA - Coggle Diagram
BRONCHIECTASIS PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA
CLINICAL MANIFISTATIONS
Shortness of breath.
Chest pain.
Coughing out blood.
Weight loss.
Chronic cough.
Coughing up large amounts of mucus everyday.
HEALTH EDUCATION
Do not smoke.
Avoid by all means any infection.
Eat healthy.
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Permanently distended walls of the lungs.
Inflammatory scarring of lung tissue.
Inflammation of the bronchial walls.
Collapsing of alveoli.
PHARMACOTHERAPY
Mucolytics.
Bronchodilators.
Antibiotics.
Anti-inflamatuars.
CAUSES
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Lung infections like whooping cough and tuberculosis.
Abnormal functioning of immune system.
Allergic aspergillosis.
Autoimmune diseases.
NURSING CARE PLAN
NURSING ASSESSMENT
CT scan.
Assess the patient’s current level of functioning.
History of productive cough.
NURSING DIAGNOSIS
Poor gaseous exchange.
Obstructed airway.
Ineffective breathing pattern
NURSING INTERVENTION
If patient is a smoker, encourage to stop smoking.
Give patient antibiotics if prescribed.
Perform postural drainage.
NURSING OUTCOME
Effective breathing airway.
Improved breathing patterns.
Improved gas exchange.
REFERENCES
nurseslabs.com/bronchiectasis/
NURSING MANAGEMENT
Provide client with soft diet.
Give fluids eg. water.
to improve airway mucus clearance through physiotherapy.
DEFINITION
bronchial tubes of lungs are permanently
damaged, thickened and widened.
It is a condition where ones
COMPLICATIONS
Pneumonia
Empyema
Atelectasis