NURSING 2LA2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Respiratory Failure, Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate, Bronchus
12 Jun 2015
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Evaluation findings are objective signs of a disease. Etiology____________________________________________________________: childhood asthma: susceptibility is determined in fetal development and the first 3-5 years of life. Risk factors are: family history of allergy and allergic disorders. There have been several genetic loci on a variety of chromosomes implicated in the pathophysiology of asthma. Pets, dust mites, cockroaches, mould: exposure to tobacco smoke in utero or early life. Nlscy found that canadian children living in households with either parent smoked were significantly more likely to be diagnosed with asthma: low birth weight and rds (respiratory distress syndrome, nlscy has not found: A relationship between household income and childhood asthma. Household income did not impact asthma attacks in children with asthma. No difference between urban and rural areas contrasting to other countries especially in the. Us where prevalence is higher in urban areas: adults onset asthma, occupational exposures to low molecular weight sensitizers (i. e. isocyanates, exposure to infectious agents, allergens or pollution.
