PATHO 370 West Coast University Bronchiolitis Case Study

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PATHO 370

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D. D. is a 66 year-old female suffering from shortness of breath. She smoked 2 packs a day until she quit 2 years ago. She has a history of bronchiolitis, hyperinflated lungs, pulmonary edema, and syncope. Her primary care practitioner suspects she also has pulmonary hypertension (PH). After examination, D. D. has a PAP of 35mmHg and mild CHF.

Citing scholarly resources, answer the following questions:

  1. What is pulmonary hypertension and how could D. D. have developed PH?

In addition to the question above, select two other question from the list below to complete your discussion post. Be sure to cite the sources of your information and clearly identify which supplemental question you chose to answer.

  1. How many patients are suffering from COPD in the United States? Do COPD sufferers die of respiratory causes or other causes? (Be sure to cite the data.)
  2. What two separate diseases are the main COPD diseases? Give background on each disease.
  3. How does COPD correlate with left ventricular pressure and primary heart failure?
  4. What are the three types of bronchodilators, and how do they function to alleviate the symptoms of COPD? What are other possible treatments for COPD? 

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HowdyAll done and dusted for you, the answers are quite short how you like but the similarity was coming back quite high being that it's quite specific.Any tweaks or questions let me know! ^^

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Pulmonary hypertension is defined as a chronically elevated mean pulmonary pressure at rest
above 25mmhg due to chronic pulmonary or idiopathic reasons (Weitzenblum & Delcroix,
2006). From a pathophysiological perspective, several mechanisms can be considered when
considering D. D.’s workup. With a hyperinflated chest, edema, and syncope and history of
bronchiolitis as well as a long term social history of smoking, COPD is a likely culprit. The
two mechanisms likely for this pulmonary hypertension are inflammation and/or hypoxic
pulmonary vasocon...


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