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Nursing care of patients with acute respiratory failure
NĚMCOVÁ, Kateřina
Acute respiratory failure is a state when the respiratory tract suddenly is not able to carry out its functions. The disorder can be both at the inflow of the air into the respiratory tract or at the point of the gas exchange between the alveoli and the blood. The most severe form of acute respiratory failure is the acute respiratory distress syndrome-ARDS. It is necessary to treat acute respiratory failure immediately when it appears because it can cause serious damage to the organism or death. The treatment requires securing the respiratory pathway. A theoretical knowledge of the possible causes of the origin and development of ARDS, and its treatment using artificial pulmonary ventilation helps to correctly understand the problems of this illness. Nursing care is essential while treating severe respiratory failure. The care is highly specialized in this case. The nurses participate in the securing of respiratory pathway, beginning and progress of artificial pulmonary ventilation and the process of weaning of mechanical ventilation. The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to determine the basic terms and issues of acute respiratory failure. This is necessary to properly understand the case and the subsequent treatment of respiratory failure with mechanical ventilation. The study deals with defining and comparing particular guidelines of the complex nursing care of the patients with acute respiratory failure. This project was defined because of the continual development and improvement of the care of critical status patients. This thesis, entitled "Nursing Care of Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure," expounds on its topic only as a theoretical work based on both Czech and international scientific resources. Knowledge of particular parts of the thesis was obtained from various scientific and professional books, magazines and Internet resources of professional associations. The Czech authors most frequently cited are MUDr. Pavel Dostál PhD. MBA, who is focused on the issue of artificial pulmonary ventilation, and MUDr. Bronislav Stibor, who is dedicated chiefly to ARDS and revitalizing methods. Based on the studied literature, basic theoretical terms and issues were expounded concerning acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Particularly emphasized was the artificial pulmonary ventilation. The theoretical part gradually joins the part dealing nursing care of those patients suffering from acute respiratory failure. The part contains every guideline concerning the most recent developments and the latest innovations in the field of nursing of the critically ill. After studying the scientific sources, it was concluded that there were some differences regarding each authors´ guidelines. The guidelines differed from each other only slightly. Each guideline is mentioned in the thesis and analyzed at the end of the thesis. There is a comparison of competences of general nurses and specialized nurses for intensive care. According to Czech law, the patients with the failure of a vital function should be treated by specialized nurses. The range of permitted treatment attended by an intensive care nurse is plentiful when compared to general nurses. If the only one student carried out one of the proposed guidelines from my thesis and was able to use them at work, she or he would help to improve the complex treatment at intensive care units and my study would fulfil its propose.
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