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This case study evaluates the collaborative management and holistic care provided to a patient with left Empyema and left Para-pneumonia effusion. It explores alternative options for successful patient outcomes and discusses the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions.
What's inside
- Patient background and diagnosis
- Symptoms and vital signs
- Literature review on pleural effusion
- Pathophysiology of parapneumonic effusion
- Collaborative management and holistic care
- Alternative treatment options
Who it is for: Students of Adult Nursing I. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Empyema and para-pneumonic effusion are lung conditions. Students learn about symptoms, tests, treatments and nursing care for these conditions.
Patient's Condition and History
A 72-year-old man had left empyema and left para-pneumonic effusion. He had a chest tube and drainage bottle. He had lost weight, had a cough, shortness of breath and fever.
Symptoms and Tests
Symptoms include shortness of breath, cough, fever and swollen limbs. Tests include blood tests, sputum culture and chest x-rays. Blood tests show infection. Sputum culture identifies bacteria.
Treatment and Nursing Care
Treatment includes antibiotics, draining fluid and removing coagulum. The patient was given antibiotics. Nurses monitored his condition and the drainage tube.
Medical Terms
The document explains medical terms related to the lungs and pleural space. It defines loculation, pleural, pleural peel, exudate, fibrinopurulent and fibrin.
Key terms
- Empyema
- A collection of pus in the pleural space.
- Para-pneumonic effusion
- Fluid in the pleural space caused by a lung infection.
- Pleural space
- The space between the two layers of pleura around the lungs.
- Thoracentesis
- A procedure to remove fluid from the pleural space.
- Coagulum
- A clot of blood or other fluid.
- Thoracotomy tube
- A tube inserted into the chest to drain fluid or air.
Questions this document helps with
- What are the symptoms of empyema?
- How do doctors test for para-pneumonic effusion?
- What treatments are used for these conditions?
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