NURS 3444 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Respiratory Tract Infection, Congenital Heart Defect, Hypothermia
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A neonate has been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. The mother of an 18-month-old-child calls the child"s primary health-care provider and states, (cid:498)my child coughed all night long. She doesn"t seem to be too sick, and she has not temperature. Bronchiolitis: want vaporized air, otc bad for younger than 2, october through march. Increased coughing and sneezing: severe, distended abdomen, tachypnea > 70 breaths/minute, signs of distress, lethargy. Isolation: meticulous handwashing, temperature hypothermic/hyperthermic, septic: hypothermic, risk for deficient fluid volume, nutrition. Install saline nasal drops and bulb suctions: anxiety/fear/deficient knowledge. Discharge: stable oxygenation on room air, decreased mucus production, symptoms 48 to 72 hours, coughing may take weeks to resolve, antipyretics for comfort, rsv can recur. Respiratory syncytial virus (rsv: prevention of rsv prophylaxis with palvizumab, given im for 6 months to high risk infants, premature infants, brochopulmonary dysplasia (bpd, congenital heart disease, immunodeficient.
