http://www.lifenurses.com/nursing-interventions-nursing-care-plans-for-acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome-ards/ nurse nursing and care plans Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:31:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.lifenurses.com/nursing-interventions-nursing-care-plans-for-acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome-ards/#comment-198 Lifenurses » Nursing Diagnosis Asthma Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:24:51 +0000 http://www.lifenurses.com/?p=62#comment-198 [...] Physical examination. severe shortness of breath can hardly speak, patients use their accessory muscles for breathing. Some patients have an increased anteroposterior thoracic diameter. If the patient has marked, color changes such as pallor or cyanosis or becomes confused, restless, or lethargic, increased risk of respiratory failure. [...] [...] Physical examination. severe shortness of breath can hardly speak, patients use their accessory muscles for breathing. Some patients have an increased anteroposterior thoracic diameter. If the patient has marked, color changes such as pallor or cyanosis or becomes confused, restless, or lethargic, increased risk of respiratory failure. [...]

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