Example Of Respiratory Case Study

Respiratory Case StudyNameInstitutional AffiliationRespiratory Case StudyPart IMs. J smoked 2½ packs per day for 50 years. She has been admitted to your unit with an exacerbation of COPD with pneumonia.Related Question #1what tests are used to diagnosis COPD?COPD diagnosis is based on signs and symptoms, one’s family and medical records as well as test results. A doctor may inquire if the person under diagnosis has been smoking or if he or she had contacts with lung irritants like chemical fumes, dust and air pollution (Dickens et al, 2014). A doctor examines one through a stethoscope and listens out for abnormal or wheezing sounds from the chest. A lung function test is used in the diagnosis. It measures the amount of air that an individual can breathe in and out, the rate at which you can breathe air out and how properly ones lungs can transport oxygen to the blood. The main COPD test is the spirometry. In spirometry, a patient is asked to take a deep breath in the n blow it out as hard as he or she can into a tube connected to a machine. The machine is called a spirometer and