Vernon Watkins vsim 100% Correct (Fall 2022)

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Vernon Watkins vsim 100% Correct (Fall 2022) DESCRIBE DISEASE PROCESS AFFECTING PATIENT (INCLUDE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DISEASE PROCESS) DIAGNOSTIC TESTS (REASON FOR TEST AND RESULTS) PATIENT INFORMA... TION ANTICIPATED PHYSICAL FINDINGS + ANTICIPATED NURSING INTERVENTIONS Pulmonary Embolism (PE) is the blockage of one or more pulmonary arteries by a thrombus, fat or air embolus, or tumor tissue. These clots do not stop moving until they lodge at a narrowed part of the circulatory system. A pulmonary embolus consists of material that gain access to the venous system and then to the pulmonary circulation. The embolus travels with blood flow through smaller blood vessels until it lodges and obstructs perfusion of the alveoli. The lower lobes of the lungs are most commonly affected and approximately ten percent of patients die from a massive PE within the first hour. Anticoagulants significantly reduces mortality [Show More]

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