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Contributing Factor

bacteria

Risk Factors

-Tobacco or alcohol use

-Exposure to viral or influenza infections

-Inhalation of toxic gases, chemicals, smoke

Staphlococcus

pneumoniae

!rganisms enter the

respirator tract

through

inspiration"aspiration

#ctivation of $efense

mechanism

%ose effectiveness

of $efense

mechanism

&enetrate the sterile

lo'er respirator

tract (lungs)

alveoli

multiplies

Colonization

Irritation of air'a

Increase goblet cell

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Release $amaging

toxins

Infection

Inflammation

*asoli$ation

Increase bloo$

&lasma an$

C+! rich flui$

#ccumulation of

e$ematous flui$

Inflamme$ an$

flui$ fille$ alveolar

sacs

%ung consoli$ation

ecrease C!.

hpoxia

Exu$ates come

from

bacteriaero$e thelung

ea$ space

happene$

!cclu$e$

the air'a

Impaire$ !.

an$ C!.

exchange

*entilator

$eman$s

Increase mucus

pro$uction

cracklessss

cough

hperventilation

Increase$

respirator

#ir'a

Constriction

ifficult of

breathing

Impaire$ /as exchange r"t

$ecrease$ lung expansion

Continuous

coughing

#cute &ain r"t$isease

iagnostic Test

-Chest 0-Ra

revealing

&neumonia

-S&!. 12-134

Ineffective breathing

pattern r"t $ecrease$ lung

Ineffective air'a

clearance r"t

retaine$ secretions

in the

tracheobronchial