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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PNEUMONIA

MA. ELIZABETH N. JURADO

ADVANCED AGE, IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, UNDERLYIND LUNG DISEASE, ALCOHOLISM, ALTERED CONSCIOUSNESS, SMOKING, ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION, MALNUTRITION, AND IMMOBILIZATION

ASPIRATION OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA

ADHERENCE TO ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES; EXPOSURE OF CELL WALL COMPONENTS

INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE; ATTRACTION OF NEUTROPHILS, RELEASE OF INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS; ACCUMULATION OF FIBRINOUS EXUDATE, RBC, AND BACTERIA

RED HEPATIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF LUNG PARENCHYMA

RED HEPATIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF LUNG PARENCHYMA LEUKOCYTE INFILTRATION (neutrophils and macrophages) GRAY HEPATIZATION AND DEPOSITION OF FIBRIN ON PLEURAL SURFACES; PHAGOCYTOSIS IN ALVEOLI
FEVER, CHILLS, PRODUCTIVE OR DRY COUGH, MALAISE, PLEURAL PAIN, DYSPNEA, HEMOPTYSIS, PULMONARY CONSOLIDATION, DULLNESS TO PERCUSSION, INSPIRATORY CRACKLES, INCREASED TACTILE FREMITUS, WBC EGOPHONY, WHISPERED PECTORILOQUY
PE, CULTURES OF BLOOD AND RESPIRATORY SECRETIONS, ANTIBIOTICS, HYDRATION, PULMONARY HYGIENE

RESOLUTION OF INFECTION; MACROPHAGES IN ALVEOLI INGEST AND REMOVE DEGENERATED NEUTROPHILS, FIBRIN, AND BACTERIA

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