Nursing care of the patient with right lower lung foreign body and Bronchiectasis: Treated surgically with lobectomy

Abstract

Bronchiectasis is a condition where damage causes the tubes in the lungs (Airways) to widen or develop pouches. It makes it hard to clear mucus out of the lungs and can cause frequent infections. Coughing a lot with pus and mucus is the main symptom of Bronchiectasis.

A lobectomy is a surgery to remove one of the lobes of the lungs. The lungs have sections called lobes. The right lung has 3 lobes. The left lung 2 lobes. A lobectomy may be done when a problem is found in a part of a lung.