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Patient care
patient assessment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ORTHOPNEA | DYSPNEA IN A RECLINING POSITION/ COMMON IN PATIENTS WITH CHF |
| PLATYPNEA | DYSPNEA IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION |
| ORTHODEOXIA | OXYGEN DESATURATION ON ASSUMING THE UPRIGHT POSITION |
| PHLEGM | MUCUS FROM TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONTAMINATED BY ORAL SECRETIONS |
| SPUTUM | MUCUS THAT COMES FROM THE LUNG BUT PASSES THROUGH THE MOUTH |
| PURELENT | SPUTUM THAT CONTAINS PUS CELLS/ A COMMON SIGN OF A BACTERIAL INFECTION (THICK, COLORED, & STICKY) |
| FETID | SPUTUM THAT IS FOUL SMELLING (INFECTION) |
| MUCOID | SPUTUM THAT IS CLEAR AND THICK (AIRWAY DISEASE) (I.E. ASTHMA) |
| HEMOTYSIS | BLOOD STREAKED SPUTUM |
| HEMATEMESIS | VOMITING BLOOD FROM THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT/ USUALLY IN PATIENTS WITH A HISTORY OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE |
| MASSIVE HEMOTYSIS | MORE THAN 300 ML IN 24 HOURS(COMMON CAUSES INCLUDE BRONCHIECTASIS,LUNG ABCESS, AND ACUTE OR OLD TUBERCULOSIS) |
| NONMASSIVE HEMOTYSIS | BLOOD STREAKED SPUTUM/ MOST OFTEN SIGN OF INFECTION OF THE AIRWAYS BUT ALSO IN LUNG CANCER, TUBERCULOSIS, TRAUMA, AND PULMONARY EMBOLISM |
| PLEURITIC CHEST PAIN | LOCATED LATERALLY AND POSTERIORLY. WORSENS WHEN A PATIENT TAKES A DEEP BREATH AND IS DESCRIBED AS A SHARP, STABBING PAIN. IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASES OF THE CHEST THAT CAUSE THE PLEURAL LINING OF THE LUNG TO BECOME INFLAMED |
| NONPLEURITIC CHEST PAIN | LOCATED TYPICALLY IN THE CENTER OF THE ANTERIOR CHEST AND MAY RADIATE TO THE SHOULDER OR BACK. NOT AFFECTED BY BREATHING, DULL ACHE OR PRESSURE TYPE OF PAIN |
| ANGINA | A COMMON CAUSE OF NONPLEURITIC PAIN WHICH IS A PRESSURE SENSATION WITH EXERTION OR STRESS AND RESULTS FROM CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION |
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