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NR 566 / NR566 Advanced Pharmacology Care of the
Family Midterm Exam | Rated A | Latest, |
Chamberlain College
• Pneumonia goals of treatment
- Return to baseline respiratory status
- Fever resolves in 2 to 4 days
- Leukocytosis resolves by day 4 of treatment
- Chest x-ray may take 4 weeks or more to return
• Common bacterial pathogens of Adult pneumonia
- S. pneumoniae
- Patients with underlying lung disease
- Nontypeable Haemophilus influenza and Moraxella
catarrhalis
- Staph aureus: co-pathogen with influenza
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Viral pneumonia
,• Common bacterial pathogens of Adult Community-
Acquired Pneumonia
- Consult current treatment guidelines for the
most recent treatment guidelines for
community acquired pneumonia (CAP)
• Common bacterial pathogens of CAP in pregnant
women
- Main pathogens are S. pneumoniae
• Common pediatric pneumonia pathogens
- S. pneumoniae is the most common cause of
bacterial pneumonia in patients of all ages
- Increase in viral pneumonia with PCV7 vaccine
, NR 566 / NR566 Advanced Pharmacology Care of the
Family Midterm Exam | Rated A | Latest, |
Chamberlain College
• Treatment of chlamydial pneumonia
- he standard treatment for infants is erythomycin
• Nicotine patch teaching
- Advise patients to dispose of used nicotine
patches out of the reach of children or animals.
Enough nicotine is left in a used patch to lead to
toxic levels in a child or small animal.
- The transdermal nicotine system, or "patch,"
provides a slow, cutaneous absorption of nicotine
over many hours. The patch is applied to clean,
nonhairy skin on the upper body or upper arm
when the patient wakes up. Peak nicotine levels
occur in 2 to 6 hours (brand- dependent) and then
gradually decrease. Once the patch is removed,
nicotine levels in the blood reach a nondetectable
level in 10 to 12 hours in nonsmokers.
• Nicotine gum patient teaching
- Patients complain about the taste of the
nicotine gum. Suggest that the patient try the
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