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PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS
- CAUSES: CONGENITAL, ENDOCARDITIS, RHEUMATIC FEVER
- SYMPTOMS: FAINTING, SOB, PALITATIONS, CYANOSIS, POOR WEIGHT GAIN
- TREATMENT: PROSTAGLANDINS, DIEURETICS, ANTI ARRHYTMICS
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ARDS
- LOW OXYGEN LEVELS THAT CAUSED BY A BUILD UP OF FLUID IN THE LUNGS AND INFLAMMATION OF LUNG TISSUE
- CAUSES: TRAUMA, CHEMICAL INHALATION, PNEUMONIA, SEPTIC SHOCK
- SYMPTOMS: LOW BP, RAPID BREATHING, SOB
- TREATMENT: ECHOCARDIOGRAM MECHANICAL VENTILATION
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RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS
- BUILD UP OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE LUNGS THAT CAUSES ACID BASE IMBALANCES AND THE BODY BECOMES ACIDIC
- CAUSES: COPD, AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME, SEVERE ASTHMA
- SYMPTOMS: CHRONIC COUGH, WHEEZING, CONFUSION, FATIGUE
- TREATMENT: MECHANICAL VENTILATION, BRONCHODILATORS
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Respiratory Alkalosis
- CO2 levels are reduced and pH is high.
- Causes:Anxiety, Fever, Hyperventilation
- SYMPTOMS: DIZZINESS, NUMBNESS
- TREATMENT: PAPER BAG TECHNIQUE, INCREASE CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS
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RSV (RESPIRATORY SYNCTIAL VIRUS
- SPREAD BY CONTACT, VIRUS CAN SURVIVE FOR VARIOUS TIME PERIODS ON DIFFERENT SURFACES
- SYMPTOMS: FEVER, SOB, CYANOSIS, WHEEZING, NASAL CONGESTION, CROUPY COUGH
- TREATMENT: RIBVIRIN, VENTILATOR IN SEVERE CASES, IV FLUIDS, BRONCHODILATORS (MONITOR FOR PNEUMONIA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE
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TYPES OF PNEUMONIA
VIRAL, WALKING, LEGIONELLA, CMV, ASPIRATION, ATYPICAL
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THE HEART
THE HEART IS A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED BLOOD VESSEL WHICH PUMPS 72 TIMES PER MINUTE AND PROPELS AND 4,000 GALLONS OF BLOOD DAILY TO THE TISSUES
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BLOOD
BLOOD IS COMPOSED OF CELLS AND A LIQUID INTERCELLULAR GROUND SUBSTANCE CALLED PLASMA. THE AVERAGE BLOOD VOLUME IS 5 OR 6 LITERS. PLASMA CONSTITUTES ABOUT 55% OF BLOOD VOLUME, CELLULAR ELEMENTS ABOUT 45%
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