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it acts as a chamber holding the medicine, you can breath it in easier and more of the medicine goes to
your lungs
what's the reason for using a spacer with an inhaler
shake the inhaler
breath in for 3-5 secs
hold it in for 10 secs
wait 1 minutes between puffs
if the medicine is a corticosteroid rinse your mouth out
Steps for Metered-Dose Inhaler
120
what would the fasting glucose be for a patient with metabolic syndrome
located on the lining of the stomach
symptoms are: upper abdominal burning or gnawing pain, increased 1-2 hours after meal, possible
malnourishment and bleeding can occur
gastric ulcers location and symptoms
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located on the first part of the small intestine
symptoms: upper abdominal pain, cramping increased 2-5 hr after meal, nausea, anorexia
duodenal ulcers location and symptoms
form a viscid and sticky gel and adhere to ulcer surface forming a protective barrier
mucosal barrier fortifiers
take on an empty stomach, 1 hour before meals and at bedtime, monitor for constipation
sucralfate nursing indications
young, over 65, smokers, chronic disease, immunocompromised, AIDs alcoholism
who's at risk for getting pneumonia
an acute inflammation or infection of the lungs, that occurs when an infectious agents enters and
multiples in the lungs of susceptible people
Pneumonia
accumulated fluid in the lungs, oozing of puss or serum caused by inflammation
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exudate
walking pneumonia- confined to one lobe
lobar pneumonia
they are often antibiotic resistant, caused by E.coli, H. influenza, klebsiella
why are hospital pneumonias more dangerous
common cause is influenza virus, patients are less ill but sick longer because antibiotics are ineffective
viral pneumonia
caused by candida and aspergillus
fungal pneumonia
caused by fungus, causes pneumonia in pt's with AID's
pneumocystis Jiroveci pneumonia
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