Question

a 68 year old Male presents to the e m.j Regency department with complainants of a 2- day history of difficulty breathing, cough, a d chest pain. Upon triage assessment, the patient is found to have a fever, increased work of breathing, decreased oxygen saturation, and crackers upon asculation of the lungs. A chest x ray reveals considation in the right upper ly g field. The patient is diagnosed with pneumonia, initiated on oxygen therapy, and admitted for observation and treatment. As The RN, you document t the care and assessment of the patient in the chart prior to transfer to an inpatient unit. what is the most appropriate term for the clinical manifestation of disease as reported by the patient?

Answer 1

the clinical manifestation for this condition is called acute respiratory distress syndrome which is a lung disorder caused due to low level of oxygen in the blood. Due to the low level of oxygen, it causes shortness of breath and heart is not able to supply ample amount of oxygen to other organs of the body. The ARDS can also cause pneumonia and crackling of the lungs where the tiny blood vessels of the lungs tend to leak fluid into the air sacs of the lungs. This increase the fluid content of the lungs and prevents the lungs from getting enough oxygen from the bloodstream. In this condition, the lungs are filled with fluid and hence it is not able deliver ample oxygen to other organs. The blood vessels leak fluid which is collected in the tiny air sac of lungs and hence prevents the lungs from being filled with air. Hence the blood is unable to pick enough oxygen and unable to deliver the same to rest of the organs. Pneumonia is one of the cause of this syndrome where due to an infection, the lungs are filled with fluid or pus.