Paciente femenino de 66 años de edad con neumonía bacteriana adquirida en la comunidad.

In this clinical case study, reference is made to the state of health in a 66-year-old female patient, with a clinical picture of 3 hours of evolution characterized by dyspnea on medium efforts, perioral cyanosis, chills, fever 37.5º tachypnea, dry cough, for which the patient was admitted to hospital. Pneumonia is an acute inflammatory process of the lung parenchyma that affects an immunocompetent patient exposed to a microorganism outside the hospital. It is of infectious origin, which in older adults is usually responsible for a high mortality rate. Among the most common bacteria that cause pneumonia are Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae. Among the risk factors that lead to community-acquired pneumonia are age as people 65 years of age or older, smoking, having been hospitalized in the intensive care unit ward, and suffering from chronic diseases such as: asthma, chronic obstructive disease (COPD). Environmental factors is the most common cause, mainly the sudden change in temperature (climate) due to the increase in the spread of respiratory pathogens from person to person, overcrowding, and decrease in the mucociliary function of the host due to the dryness of the ambient air. The purpose of this clinical case study is an approach and improvement in respiratory care, providing the patient with correct pulmonary oxygenation for normal alveolar ventilation, constantly monitoring and controlling its evolution, in order to avoid other complications in its function. respiratory tract that can make us change the therapeutic treatment.

• Hovedforfatter: Tapia Gallegos, Jhoselyn Karina (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Udgivet: 2021
• Fag: Neumonía; Oxigenación; Parénquima Pulmonar; Tos Seca; Microorganismos; Disnea
• Online adgang: http://dspace.utb.edu.ec/handle/49000/9868