PATHOLOGY NURSING CARE

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE THAT CAUSES AN

INFLAMED NARROW, & SWOLLEN ASSESS CLIENT'S AIRWAY
AIRWAY(BRONCHI & BRONCHIOLES) HIGH FOWLER'S POSITION
PROVIDE FREQUENT RES PERIODS
ADM. OXGEN THERAPHY

CAUSES
- GOAL: KEEP 02 AT 95-100%
⬇️
MAINTAIN A CALM ENVIRONMENT TO STRESS
ASSESS PEAK FLOW METER READING
ASSESS FOR CYANOSIS & RETRATCTION
GENETIC
GERD
ENVIRONMENTAL
EXERCISE-INDUCED
- SMOKE, POLLEN, VISUAL CONCEPT MAPPING:
ASTHMA

ASTHMA
PERFUMES, DUST
CERTAIN DRUGS
MITES, PET DANDER,
- NSAIDS, ASPIRIN
COLD OR DRY AIR, ETC

CLASSIFICATION(BASED ON SYMPTOMS) MEDICATIONS RAPID RELIEF

BRONCHODILATERS
MILD INTERMITTENT MODERATE PERSISTENT PREVENTS ASTHMA
SHORT-ACTING(ALBUTEROL) ATTACK
DAILY SYMPTOMS & EXACERBATIONS THAT LONG-ACTING(SALMETEROL0 ANTI-
< 2 A WEEK HAPPEN 2X A WEEK METHYLXANTHINES(THEOPHYLLINE) INFLAMMATORY
AGENT
CORTISEROIDS
MILD PERSISTENT SEVERE PERSISTENT SUFFIX -ASONE & -IDE
< 2 A WEEK CONTINUALLY SHOWING SYMPTOMS LEUKOTRIENEMODIFIERS
NOT DAILY WITH FREQUENT EXACERBATIONS ANTICHOLINERGICS

SIGNS & SYMPTOMS

CHARACTERIZED BY FLARE-UPS CHEST TIGHTNESS MUCUS PRODUCTION
(MEANING IT COMES & GOES) ANXIETY USE OF ACCESORY MUSCLES
DYSPNEA(SHORTNESS OF BREATH) WHEEZING AIR TRAPPING
TACHYPNEA(FAST RESPIRATORY RATE COUGHING AIR TRAPPING CAUSES TJE CLIENT TO RETAIN CO2
WHICH IS ACIDIC = RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS
 MARIA ELLAH BELASOTO BSN 3A MEDSURG

REFERENCES:

ASTHMA: TYPES, CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT. (N.D.).

CLEVELAND CLINIC.
HTTPS://MY.CLEVELANDCLINIC.ORG/HEALTH/DISEASES/6424-ASTHMA
ASTHMA: SYMPTOMS, COMPLICATIONS, AND TREATMENT. (N.D.).
HTTPS://WWW.PRACTO.COM/HEALTH-WIKI/ASTHMA-SYMPTOMS-
COMPLICATIONS-AND-TREATMENT/12/ARTICLE
HANSEN-FLASCHEN, J. (2022, OCTOBER 28). ASTHMA | PATHOLOGY.
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.
HTTPS://WWW.BRITANNICA.COM/SCIENCE/ASTHMA