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Acute and Enduring Health Care Needs
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Acute and Enduring Health Care Needs Clinically Focused Essay Mrs X is 75 year old lady admitted to a respiratory ward on the 22nd May 2004, with exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). COPD is a disease characterised by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible. Mrs X was bought in by ambulance after her husband found her struggling to breathe; Mrs X has been on permanent home oxygen and nebulisers for approximately one year. She lives with her husband in a house in south London, and was diagnosed with COPD one year ago, as a result of her illness the couple are waiting to be moved to a home with a bathroom on the ground floor as it is not practical for Mrs X to climb the stairs to the bathroom in her current home. Previous to this admission she had four admissions within the last year all related to...
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