This essay focuses on common respiratory disorders in the Adult.g respiratory disorders and provide the following in your initial post:
· Common Signs and symptoms seen
This week you have learned about common respiratory disorders in the Adult and Geriatric patient. For the purpose of this discussion select one of the following respiratory disorders and provide the following in your initial post:
· Common Signs and symptoms seen
· Screening assessment toolsA significant portion of the adult population uses one or more medications on a regular basis to manage chronic conditions. As the number of medications that patients are prescribed increases, an increase in pharmacologic-related issues and complications
may occur, such as polypharmacy, inappropriate prescribing,
medication nonadherence and nonpersistence, Pharmacologic treatment alone should not be rely upon for treatment of chronic pain, but rather use as an adjunct to patient engagement and other modalities. Pharmacologic treatments should be initiate to increase function and restore a patient’s overall quality of life, not just pain relief. Medications are not the focus of treatment in managing pain. They should be use when need to meet overall goals of therapy in conjunction with other treatment modalities, such as psychosocial,
rehabilitation and functional management, non-pharmacologic, complementary medicine and interventional management. and adverse drug reactions and events. Risk factors and consequences of these issues have been identify and are discuss in this article. In addition, a review is presented of the numerous methods that have been evaluate to help prevent and minimize these pharmacologic issues in the management of chronic disease.
· Recommend diagnostic tests (if any)
· Treatment plans both pharmacologic and non pharmacologic base on current clinical practice guidelines
Respiratory disorders:
COPD
Pneumonia
· Chronic Bronchitis