Pediatric Asthma Case Study

The Woodcock Johnson – Fourth Edition (WJ-IV) was administered in order to obtain an estimate of Isaac’s current level of cognitive functioning. Intelligence tests are intended to assess the student’s ability in acquired skills and specific knowledge, problem-solving capabilities, and memory. The scores obtained on the WJ IV can provide an estimate of the student’s performance in school. Nevertheless, these tests do not measure Isaacs’s interest in creativity, curiosity, perseverance, and motivation. The WJIV yields the students cognitive ability information from six clusters: General Intellectual Ability (GIA), Gf-Gc Composite, Comprehension-Knowledge (Gc), Fluid Reasoning (Gf), Short-Term Working Memory (Gwm) and Cognitive Efficiency. An average standard score (SS) on the WJ IV is 100 and an average range of scores falls between 90 and 110. A percentile rank indicates that a student performed as well as or better than the percent of children her age on whom this test was normed. The confidence interval is a range of scores that is often calculated at the .05 level and suggests that statistically, the student’s score should fall within that range 95% of the time if retested in that area. Isaacs’s scores are based on his chronological age of 14 years and 5 months and 15 days.

The data source that we reviewed is called the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), which can be located at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/. The BRFSS is a national health survey system that collects data from U.S. residents in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and in three U.S. territories (CDC, 2014). The data consists of health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and the use of preventive services (CDC, 2014). States use this data to address urgent and emerging health issues like the vaccine shortage during the 2004-2005 flu season, as well as, the impact of Hurricane Katrina and Rita in 2005 (CDC, 2014). The BRFSS is also used by public health professionals from all 50 states for

In the UK alone, there are three people a day dying from Asthma. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disorder. It is a disorder characterised by chronic variable airway inflammation and airflow obstruction. During an acute exacerbation of asthma, airway inflammation and obstruction worsen. There are various signs and symptoms of asthma exacerbation including; altered conscious level, exhaustion, arrhythmia (irregular HR), Cyanosis, silent chest, poor respiration effort, inability to complete sentences in one breath and many others. These problems can lead to significant issues in the present as well as the future lives of those who suffer from this

The Patient Assessment is one of if not the most important skill and tool in the in the career of an Emergency Medical Technician. EMS stands for Emergency Medical Services this is like the genus or the foundation and Paramedic, Advance Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT), and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) are like the spices. Each of these spices has different ranges of the skills they are allowed to perform but each one has to go through one common step and that is the Patient Assessment. There are five steps to the Patient Assessment those steps are Scene size-up, Primary assessment, History taking, Secondary assessment, and Reassessment.

This would help inform decision making clinically. Nevertheless, the journals or article must have a realistic research question (s) and objectives that would determine the appropriate research design. The study is a randomised control trial (RCT) quantitative study conducted by Rose et al. (2005) with the sole aim of determining the effectiveness of topical chloramphenicol for children presenting with acute infective conjunctivitis in a primary care sector, United Kingdom (UK). Bowling (2009) defines RCT as an experimental method for the evaluation of the effectiveness of health services and interventions in relation to specific conditions. RCT involves the random allocation of participants between experimental groups, whose members receive the treatment or other intervention, and control group whose members receive a standard or placebo treatment. Also, it is a gold standard in testing the efficacy of an intervention (UCL, 2011). To commence the article assessment is the view of the abstract. The heading and abstract of the study was well outlined, concise and focused on the sample population, methodology, data analysis as well as the result of the study. Burns and Grove (2009) state that abstract is a clear, succinct outline of a study, usually between a hundred to two hundred and fifty words count. Also, abstracts are short outline generally

Asthma has a significant impact on society, affecting over 6 million children under the age of 18 in the United States alone. Reasonable ways to control this disease are medications such as inhalers and spirometry to test the strength of your lungs. There is a myriad factor from environmental constraints, physical and the one built by humans is noted as a major factor affecting the development of asthma. Indoor air pollution is the most common form of air pollution, along with first-hand and second-hand smoking. Air pollution is often greater in lower socioeconomic neighborhoods with mold and cockroach infestations and access to medical care. Funding would come from American tax dollars, which shoots towards the CDC who created the National Asthma Control Program to help people with

Describe the relationship between intrapulmonary pressure, atmospheric pressure, and air flow during normal inspiration and expiration, referring to Boyle’s law.

The results indicate that there is no statistically significant difference between the mean writing score for males and females (t =0.748, p =0.501) and the mean score of females (51.7) are lower than males (52.8)

The existing child protection system is a derivative of the Children Act 1989 which was introduced to reform and explain clearly the laws of child protection. It defines the meaning of ‘harm’ as impairment of health which could manifest itself by mental or physical illness; impaired development such as emotional, social, physical, intellectual or behavioural; and ill-treatment such as mental or physical abuse(NSPCC, 2012).

The findings from this research have led me to be certain of the importance of how by just merely looking into a subject from the origin of it can make us understand the true cause of the problem. Often people believe in one thing because it was told to them as a child like “ you are just like your parents who also have asthma.” However, after examining the different triggers of asthma it is with more certainty that I believe the borough of the Bronx has to advocate for its community and the area in they live in. Without change the Bronx’s pollution will continue to affect the people and the hospitalizations will continue to be the highest in all the boroughs.

This Article “Depression, Asthma, and Bronchodilator Response in a Nationwide Study of US Adults” objective is to find if there is a connection between depressive symptoms and BDR or asthma in US adults. The United States alone has 16 million adults that suffer once a year from one major depressive disorder. Also, asthma affects nearly 28 million adults in the US and is also a major public health issue around the world. Even though asthma and depression have been linked with each other, it is still not clear if anxiety symptoms explain this association. But, to get some more statistics they did The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to get the nutritional and health status of adults and children in the United States. They interviewed and did physical exams on study participants who had different experiences with asthma. There were no major differences in household income, sex, smoking status, health insurance coverage, race/ethnicity, and depression

Statistics can be deceiving. It deceived my doctors for 16 years. Being of Indian origin with normal growth, I did not fit the common template of being a Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patient. But I am a CF patient and it took 16 years to diagnose and the timing of the diagnosis made sure that my academics got negatively impacted.

People who have been diagnosed with asthma need to take long-term control medication. These medications reduce airway inflammation and help prevent symptoms from occurring. An inhaled corticosteroid, is an anti-inflammatory drug that prevents cells in the lungs from releasing the substances that trigger the asthma response. Medications in this class are Flovent, Pulmicort, Aerobid, Alvesco, Qvar, and Asthmanex. A common side effect of these medications is a mouth infection referred to as thrush (National Institues of Health, 2014).

The literature support for this project consists of analysis of several studies that examine the impact on access to care for those who live with a minimum of one health condition, and have limited income. Further, the studies examine these impacts on both those less than 65 years-old, and those 65 years-old and greater. Last, the impact of access to transportation is examined with regard to its impact on access to care (access). These issues are contrasted with how telemedicine can improve access for this patient population. A summary of these articles is located in Appendix C.

Air pollutants can help trigger asthma attacks. Asthma is growing rapidly that about 1 in 12 kids have asthma and the numbers are growing rapidly. (5) One of the reasons why asthma is growing is air pollution is increasing the amount of people who have asthma. For example, asthma is the highest chronic illness among children under the age of 18 is asthma and about 4.8 million kids in the US alone have asthma (4). One major reason why so many people have asthma are because of air pollutants that can trigger asthma attacks are particulate matter, ground level ozone, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide. Particulate matter is dust particles, soot, fly ash and other particles in the air they come. Particulate matter can trigger asthma because they can get stuck in the lungs therefore, triggering asthma attacks. The major sources of particulate matter are coal power plants, factories, and diesel factories. Another air pollutant that triggers asthma attacks are ground level ozone. Ground level ozone is the toxic component of smog and it makes existing asthma worse. Ground level ozone major sources are from pollution from cars and smoke stacks react with sunlight and oxygen. Sulfur dioxide that aggravates the respiratory system. Sulfur dioxides are produced when coal and crude oil are burned. Nitrogen Oxide is a gas that is emitted from the real pipe of your car and from