Intervención del terapista respiratorio en paciente masculino de 37 años con neumonía adquirida en la comunidad.

The present case report concerns a 37-year-old male patient diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). CAP is an acute infection of the pulmonary parenchyma, its main agent is the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae that affects non-hospitalized patients and is characterized by the appearance of fever and/or respiratory symptoms, together with the presence of pulmonary infiltrates on chest X-ray. This clinical case was proposed with the aim of identifying the degree of pulmonary involvement of the patient and how the patient should be approached as a respiratory therapist. The symptomatology of CAP is nonspecific and its diagnosis is based on a set of signs and symptoms related to lower respiratory tract infection and general condition, including fever (>38°C), cough, expectoration, chest pain, dyspnea or tachypnea, and signs of alveolar space occupation. The treatment instituted was high-flow oxygen therapy emerges as an alternative to conventional oxygen therapy in patients with acute respiratory failure, especially when other rescue therapies have been questioned for their high particle dispersion. High-flow oxygen therapy consists of the application of a gas flow of up to 60 L/min through nasal cannulas. The conclusion of the study is that the patient was stabilized by high-flow oxygen therapy treatment.

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Rocafuerte Torres, Ariana Jamilex (author)
• التنسيق: bachelorThesis
• منشور في: 2022
• الموضوعات: Oxigenoterapia; Radiografía; Cánula de alto flujo; Neumonía; Insuficiencia respiratoria aguda
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://dspace.utb.edu.ec/handle/49000/13005