Symptoms of Adult respiratory distress syndrome
Symptoms of Adult respiratory distress syndrome
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- Edema
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- Edema
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- Lung cancer
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Atelectasis
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
- [ read ]
- Edema
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Epigastric Distress
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Edema
- "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
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- Shock
- "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
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- Edema, facial
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Edema, generalized
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Edema
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Edema
- "The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult" (2008)
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome:
Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Rapid, shallow breathing; dyspnea, crackles, rhonchi; hypoxemia; bilateral infiltrates on chest X-ray
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Infant respiratory distress syndrome:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Although a neonate with IRDS may breathe normally at first, he usually develops rapid, shallow respirations within minutes or hours of birth, with intercostal, subcostal, or sternal retractions, nasal flaring, and audible expiratory grunting. This grunting is a natural compensatory mechanism designed to produce positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and prevent further alveolar collapse.
Severe disease is marked by apnea, bradycardia, and cyanosis (from hypoxemia, left-to-right shunting through the foramen ovale, or right-to-left intrapulmonary shunting through atelectatic regions of the lung). Other clinical features include pallor, frothy sputum, and low body temperature as a result of an immature nervous system and the absence of subcutaneous fat.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Lung abscess:
Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Productive cough (purulent sputum), pleuritic chest pain, sweating, fever, chills, headache, malaise, weight loss
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Lung cancer:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Because early-stage lung cancer usually produces no symptoms, this disease is usually in an advanced state at diagnosis. These late-stage symptoms commonly lead to diagnosis:
❑Epidermoid and small cell carcinomas — smoker's cough, hoarseness, wheezing, dyspnea, hemoptysis, and chest pain
❑ Adenocarcinoma and large cell carcinoma — fever, weakness, weight loss, anorexia, and shoulder pain.
In addition to their obvious interference with respiratory function, lung tumors may also alter the production of hormones that regulate body function or homeostasis. Clinical conditions that result from such changes are known as hormonal paraneoplastic syndromes:
❑ Gynecomastia may result from large cell carcinoma.
❑ Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (bone and joint pain from cartilage erosion due to abnormal production of growth hormone) may result from large cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma.
❑ Cushing's and carcinoid syndromes may result from small cell carcinoma.
❑ Hypercalcemia may result from epidermoid tumors.
Metastatic signs and symptoms vary greatly, depending on the effect of tumors on intrathoracic and distant structures:
❑ bronchial obstruction: hemoptysis, atelectasis, pneumonitis, dyspnea
❑ cervical thoracic sympathetic nerve involvement: miosis, ptosis, exophthalmos, reduced sweating
❑ chest wall invasion: piercing chest pain, increasing dyspnea, severe shoulder pain, radiating down arm
❑ esophageal compression: dysphagia
❑ local lymphatic spread: cough, hemoptysis, stridor, pleural effusion
❑ pericardial involvement: pericardial effusion, tamponade, arrhythmias
❑ phrenic nerve involvement: dyspnea, shoulder pain, unilateral paralyzed diaphragm, with paradoxical motion
❑ recurrent nerve invasion: hoarseness, vocal cord paralysis
❑ vena caval obstruction: venous distention and edema of face, neck, chest, and back.
Distant metastasis may involve any part of the body, most commonly the central nervous system, liver, and bone.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Septic shock:
Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Onset: fewer, chills. Warm phase: pink, flushed skin; low urine output; blood pressure normal or slightly elevated; rapid, bounding pulse; rapid, shallow respirations; altered level of consciousness (anxiety, irritability, shortened attention span, agitation). Cool phase: pale, cool, mottled skin; decreased level of consciousness; obtundation; rapid, shallow respirations; peripheral pulses rapid, weak and thready, possibly irregular, or absent; low blood pressure
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Toxic shock syndrome:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Typically, TSS produces intense myalgias, fever over 104° F (40° C), vomiting, diarrhea, headache, decreased level of consciousness, rigors, conjunctival hyperemia, and vaginal hyperemia and discharge. Severe hypotension occurs with hypovolemic shock. Within a few hours of onset, a deep red rash develops — especially on the palms and soles — and later desquamates.
Major complications include persistent neuropsychological abnormalities, mild renal failure, rash, and cyanotic arms and legs.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Acute pulmonary edema:
Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Dyspnea; orthopnea; coughing; tachycardia; tachypnea; crackles; jugular vein distention; diastolic gallop; cyanosis; confusion; frothy, bloody sputum; cold, clammy skin
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Hypovolemic shock:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Hypovolemic shock produces a syndrome of hypotension, with narrowing pulse pressure; decreased sensorium; tachycardia; rapid, shallow respirations; reduced urine output (less than 25 ml/hour); and cold, pale, clammy skin. Metabolic acidosis with an accumulation of lactic acid develops as a result of tissue anoxia, as cellular metabolism shifts from aerobic to anaerobic pathways. Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a possible complication of hypovolemic shock.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Pulmonary edema:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
The early symptoms of pulmonary edema reflect interstitial fluid accumulation and diminished lung compliance: dyspnea on exertion, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, orthopnea, and coughing. Clinical features include tachycardia, tachypnea, dependent crackles, jugular vein distention, and a diastolic (S3) gallop. With severe pulmonary edema, the alveoli and bronchioles may fill with fluid and intensify the early symptoms. Respiration becomes labored and rapid, with more diffuse crackles and coughing that produces frothy, bloody sputum. Tachycardia increases, and arrhythmias may occur. Skin becomes cold, clammy, diaphoretic, and cyanotic. Blood pressure falls and the pulse becomes thready as cardiac output falls.
Symptoms of severe heart failure with pulmonary edema may also include signs of hypoxemia, such as anxiety, restlessness, and changes in the patient’s level of consciousness.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Atelectasis:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Clinical effects vary with the cause of collapse, the degree of hypoxemia, and any underlying disease but generally include some degree of dyspnea. Atelectasis of a small area of the lung may produce only minimal symptoms that subside without specific treatment. However, massive collapse can produce severe dyspnea, anxiety, cyanosis, diaphoresis, peripheral circulatory collapse, tachycardia, and substernal or intercostal retraction. Also, atelectasis may result in compensatory hyperinflation of unaffected areas of the lung, mediastinal shift to the affected side, and elevation of the ipsilateral hemidiaphragm.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Cardiogenic shock:
Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Cold, pale, clammy skin; hypotension; tachycardia; rapid, shallow respirations; oliguria; restlessness, confusion; obtundation; narrowing pulse pressure; cyanosis
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Electric shock:
Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Muscle contraction, loss of consciousness, loss of reflex control, respiratory paralysis, arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, burns, hearing loss, cataracts
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Respiratory distress syndrome:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Although a neonate with respiratory distress syndrome may breathe normally at first, he usually develops rapid, shallow respirations within minutes or hours of birth, with intercostal, subcostal, or sternal retractions; nasal flaring; and audible expiratory grunting. This grunting is a natural compensatory mechanism designed to produce positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and prevent further alveolar collapse.
The neonate may also display hypotension, peripheral edema, and oliguria; if he has severe disease, apnea, bradycardia, and cyanosis (from hypoxemia, left-to-right shunting through the foramen ovale, or right-to-left shunting through atelectatic regions of the lung) may be present. Other signs and symptoms include pallor, frothy sputum, and low body temperature as a result of an immature nervous system and the absence of subcutaneous fat.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Lung abscess:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Signs and symptoms of lung abscess include a cough that may produce bloody, purulent, or foul-smelling sputum; pleuritic chest pain; dyspnea; excessive sweating; chills; fever; headache; malaise; diaphoresis; and weight loss.
Complications include rupture into the pleural space, which results in empyema and, rarely, massive hemorrhage. A chronic lung abscess may cause localized bronchiectasis. Failure of an abscess to improve with antibiotic treatment suggests a possible underlying neoplasm or another cause of obstruction.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Lung cancer:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Because early-stage lung cancer usually produces no symptoms, this disease is typically in an advanced state at diagnosis. The following late-stage signs and symptoms commonly lead to a diagnosis:
❑ with epidermoid and small cell carcinomas: smoker’s cough, hoarseness, wheezing, dyspnea, hemoptysis, and chest pain
❑ with adenocarcinoma and large cell carcinoma: fever, weakness, weight loss, anorexia, and shoulder pain.
Besides their obvious interference with respiratory function, lung tumors may also alter the production of hormones that regulate body function or homeostasis. Clinical conditions that result from such changes are known as hormonal paraneoplastic syndromes:
❑ Gynecomastia may result from large cell carcinoma.
❑ Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (bone and joint pain from cartilage erosion due to abnormal production of growth hormone) may result from large cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma.
❑ Cushing’s and carcinoid syndromes may result from small cell carcinoma.
❑ Hypercalcemia may result from epidermoid tumors.
Metastatic signs and symptoms vary greatly, depending on the effect of tumors on intrathoracic and distant structures:
❑ bronchial obstruction: hemoptysis, atelectasis, pneumonitis, and dyspnea
❑ recurrent nerve invasion: hoarseness and vocal cord paralysis
❑ chest wall invasion: piercing chest pain; increasing dyspnea; and severe shoulder pain, radiating down the arm
❑ local lymphatic spread: cough, hemoptysis, stridor, and pleural effusion
❑ phrenic nerve involvement: dyspnea; shoulder pain; and unilateral paralyzed diaphragm, with paradoxical motion
❑ esophageal compression: dysphagia
❑ vena caval obstruction: venous distention and edema of the face, neck, chest, or back
❑ pericardial involvement: pericardial effusion, tamponade, and arrhythmias
❑ cervical thoracic sympathetic nerve involvement: miosis, ptosis, exophthalmos, and reduced sweating.
Distant metastasis may involve any part of the body, most commonly the central nervous system, liver, and bone.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Toxic shock syndrome:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Typically, TSS produces intense myalgias, fever over 104° F (40° C), vomiting, diarrhea, headache, decreased level of consciousness, rigors, conjunctival hyperemia, and vaginal hyperemia and discharge. Severe hypotension occurs with hypovolemic shock. Within a few hours of onset, a deep red rash develops — especially on the palms and soles — and later desquamates.
Major complications include persistent neuropsychological abnormalities, mild renal failure, rash, and cyanotic arms and legs.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Hypovolemic shock:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Hypovolemic shock produces a syndrome of hypotension with narrowing pulse pressure; decreased sensorium; tachycardia; rapid, shallow respirations; reduced urine output; and cold, pale, clammy skin. Metabolic acidosis with an accumulation of lactic acid develops as a result of tissue anoxia as cellular metabolism shifts from aerobic to anaerobic pathways. Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a possible complication of hypovolemic shock.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Pulmonary edema:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Symptoms vary with the stage of pulmonary edema.
Early signs and symptoms
The early signs and symptoms of pulmonary edema reflect interstitial fluid accumulation and diminished lung compliance: exertional dyspnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, orthopnea, and coughing. Clinical features include tachycardia, tachypnea, dependent crackles, jugular vein distention, and a diastolic (S3) gallop.
Later signs and symptoms
With severe pulmonary edema, the alveoli and bronchioles may fill with fluid and intensify the early signs and symptoms. Respiration becomes labored and rapid, with more diffuse crackles and coughing productive of frothy, bloody sputum. Tachycardia increases and arrhythmias may occur. The skin becomes cold, clammy, diaphoretic, and cyanotic. Blood pressure falls and the pulse becomes thready as cardiac output falls.
Symptoms of severe heart failure with pulmonary edema may also include depressed level of consciousness and confusion.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Acuterespiratory distress syndrome:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
ARDS initially produces rapid, shallow breathing and dyspnea within hours to days of the initial injury (sometimes after the patient’s condition appears stable). Hypoxemia develops, causing an increased drive for ventilation. Because of the effort required to expand the stiff lung, intercostal and suprasternal retractions result. Fluid accumulation may produce crackles and rhonchi, and worsening hypoxemia causes restlessness, apprehension, mental sluggishness, motor dysfunction, and tachycardia (possibly with transient increased arterial blood pressure).
Severe ARDS causes overwhelming hypoxemia, which, if uncorrected, results in hypotension, decreasing urine output, respiratory and metabolic acidosis and, eventually, ventricular fibrillation or standstill.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Atelectasis:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Signs and symptoms vary with the cause of collapse, the degree of hypoxia, and any underlying disease but generally include dyspnea. Atelectasis of a small area of the lung may produce only minimal symptoms that subside without specific treatment.
However, massive collapse can produce severe dyspnea, anxiety, cyanosis, diaphoresis, peripheral circulatory collapse, tachycardia, and substernal or intercostal retraction. Also, atelectasis may result in compensatory hyperinflation of unaffected areas of the lung, mediastinal shift to the affected side, and elevation of the ipsilateral hemidiaphragm.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Cardiogenic shock:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Cardiogenic shock produces signs and symptoms of poor tissue perfusion: cold, pale, clammy skin; a drop in systolic blood pressure to 30 mm Hg below baseline or a sustained reading below 80 mm Hg not attributable to medication; tachycardia; rapid, shallow respirations; oliguria (less than 20 ml of urine/hour); restlessness, mental confusion and obtundation; narrowing pulse pressure; and cyanosis.
Although many of these signs and symptoms also occur in patients with heart failure and other shock syndromes, they’re usually more profound in those with cardiogenic shock.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Electric shock:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Severe electric shock usually causes muscle contraction, followed by unconsciousness and loss of reflex control, sometimes with respiratory paralysis (by way of prolonged contraction of respiratory muscles or a direct effect on the respiratory nerve center).
After momentary shock, hyperventilation may follow muscle contraction. Passage of even the smallest electric current — if it passes through the heart — may induce ventricular fibrillation or another arrhythmia that progresses to fibrillation or myocardial infarction.
Electric shock from a high-frequency current (which generates more heat in tissues than a low-frequency current) usually causes burns as well as local tissue coagulation and necrosis. Low-frequency currents can also cause serious burns if contact with the current is concentrated in a small area — for example, when a toddler bites into an electrical cord.
Contusions, fractures, and other injuries can result from violent muscle contractions or falls during the shock; later, the patient may develop renal shutdown. Residual hearing impairment, cataracts, and vision loss may persist after severe electric shock.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Edema:
Edema - signs & symptoms
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
Approach to the patient: General goals:
- Determine the cause of swelling:
- Is it localized?
- Are there any losses of protein?
- Is there underproduction of protein?
- Determine the serum protein/albumin; consider increased losses or decreased production.
- Phase 1: Is the swelling localized as seen in trauma, lymphatic, or venous obstruction?
- Phase 2: Are there urinary or GI losses?
- Associated with decreased serum albumin
- Most likely source of loss is renal disease, less frequently gastrointestinal losses.
- Phase 3: Search for other causes of edema, such as insect bites, pericardial effusion, metabolic disease.
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
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