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▪ Avoid fireplaces, pets, feather pillows, and other environmental allergens.

▪ Avoid powerful odors.
▪ Meet nutritional requirements.
▪ Receive immunizations as recommended.
▪ Recognize the signs and symptoms of respiratory infection and hypoxia.
▪ Stop smoking.
▪ Use medications and inhalers as prescribed.
▪ Use oxygen therapy as prescribed.
▪ Use pursed-lip and diaphragmatic or abdominal breathing.
▪ When dusting, use a wet cloth.

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Assessment Findings: Pulmonary Embolism

▪ Apprehension and restlessness
▪ Blood-tinged sputum
▪ Chest pain
▪ Cough
▪ Crackles and wheezes on auscultation
▪ Cyanosis

▪ Distended neck veins
▪ Dyspnea accompanied by anginal and pleuritic pain, exacerbated by inspiration
▪ Feeling of impending doom
▪ Hypotension
▪ Petechiae over the chest and axilla
▪ Shallow respirations
▪ Tachypnea and tachycardia

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Risk Factors for Tuberculosis

▪ Child younger than 5 years of age
▪ Drinking unpasteurized milk if the cow is infected with bovine tuberculosis
▪ Homeless individuals or those from a lower socioeconomic group, minority
group, or refugee group
▪ Individuals in constant, frequent contact with an untreated or undiagnosed
individual
▪ Individuals living in crowded areas, such as long-term care facilities, prisons,

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