An 8 page research paper that discusses a case scenario that features an elderly TB patient. Topics covered include the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, risk-factors, nursing interventions and treatment of TB. Cardiac arrhythmia is also discussed along with ethical issues addressed in the scenario. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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and a history of lung cancer. The patients wife, five grown children and three grandchildren are in the waiting room and are furious that they have not been allowed to
see the patient while he was under emergency room (ER) care. The patient does not require being in an intensive care unit (ICU) and is stable. There are 14 double
bedrooms on the unit; 4 private rooms. All double bedrooms are occupied. An English professor diagnosed with R/O myocardial infarction is working on his doctorate and insists on complete silence.
In another room, the city mayor has been admitted for angina and insists on anonymity. TB--pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, risk-factors, nursing interventions and treatment Pathosiology : Tuberculosis (TB) is carried
from one person to another by airborne droplet nuclei that contain Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Frieden, et al, 2003). Due to their microscopic size, these particles can remain airborne for minutes to
hours after being expectorated by individuals with pulmonary or laryngeal TB. The droplets are expectorated by coughing, sneezing, singing or talking (Frieden, et al, 2003). The infectious droplet nuclei can
be inhaled by others, in which case, it can lodge in the alveoli of the distal airways (Frieden, et al, 2003). The infecting bacterium is taken up by alveolar macrophages,
which initiates a series of events that will either successful contain the infection or prompt it progression toward active disease. Clinical manifestations : The most common clinical manifestation of
TB is pulmonary disease (Frieden, et al, 2003). The most serious clinical manifestation of TB is when is involves the central nervous system and such involvement can include inflammation of
the meninges, and also legions (tuberculomas) of the brain (Frieden, et al, 2003). TB can affect any bone or joint, but the spine if the most prevalent bony structure involved