Bronchodilator

Albuterol also known as Salbutamol is a common medication used to treat asthma and similar respiratory ailments.[1] Albuterol is a bronchodilator and works to open the airways of the lungs. Albuterol can be taken intravenously or orally. The preferred method of this substance is orally, which in itself have various ways of being administered. One way is by inhalation, either from a vapor mist in the form of an inhaler and a nebulizer or, as a powder like Advair. In addition to inhalation, albuterol

Asthma Treatment Asthma is best described as a chronic inflammation the pulmonary lower airways because of hyperresponsiveness of lower airway obstructions that is usually reversible (Fireman, 2003). Asthma is triggered by cold air, exercise, viral upper respiratory infections, cigarette smoking, and respiratory allergens. One in 12 people in the United States has been diagnosed with asthma which is approximately 25 million people which accounts for 8% of the total population (AAAAI, 2016). It is

Nursing Care Study This assignment is a case study of a patient who was admitted to a respiratory ward with acute exacerbation of asthma. This assignment will discuss nursing an adult patient with asthma, also it will aim to critically assess, plan, implement and evaluate the patients nursing needs using the Roper, Logan and Tierney nursing model (1980). This case study will focus on the maintaining a safe environment. It is worth noting that the activities of daily living are interlinked e

This test can be done before and after inhaling a bronchodilator. If your lung function improves after a bronchodilator, you probably have asthma. One lung function test is a spirometry test, this test is the most common type of lung function test (Asthma Diagnosis). Spirometer measures the amount of air inhale, exhale and how fast the

Thank you for your request for information concerning roflumilast (Daliresp®) and COPD. This letter is in response to your inquiry about roflumilast and if it would be a viable option as an additive treatment to help manage severe COPD with acute exacerbations. As you previously mentioned in the clinic, Mr. BB is an elderly male patient who is 66 years old and was diagnosed with hypertension, osteopenia, and tension headaches. He is currently taking two inhalations of Advair® 500/50 twice daily

Bridget Zartner RAD 200 Pathology Journal article critique Introduction Evaluation of the psychological status in Patients with Asthma and COPD is from the Iranian journal of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. The authors: Amir MH Asnaashari, Ali Talaei, and Mehry Baghban Haghighi evaluate fifty-nine women and forty-one men, who either had COPD, adult onset asthma, asthmatic bronchitis or were healthy. COPD and asthma severity was based on the GOLD criteria which stands for Global Obstructive Lung

WHAT IS ASTHMA? Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that makes breathing difficult. With asthma, there is inflammation of the air passages that results in a temporary narrowing of the airways that carry oxygen to the lungs. When this inflammation occurs, the asthma symptoms start to show, such as, coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness. Even though there are many treatments for asthma symptoms, it is still a very serious disease that affects more than 22 million Americans

Pathophysiology Asthma is a disease of the lungs that can be influenced by different genes or alleles. When the epithelial or mucosal barrier is exposed to pollens, allergens, microbes or pollutants, these can stimulate the underlying antigen presenting cells (APC) which causes an immune response to occur.17 This can cause a cell influx into the airway that is primarily eosinophilic or neutrophilic. When the allergens present themselves, they can initiate a breakdown in the physical barriers,

Asthma Stepwise Management Asthma is a life-threatening inflammatory ailment of the upper airways that distresses approximately eight to ten percent of the populace, about seven million of the populace distressed with asthma are essentially the children (Arcangelo & Peterson, 2013). Arcangelo and Peterson demarcate asthma as a chronic inflammatory ailment of the airways branded by airways blockage, inflammation, and hyper-responsiveness. The American Academy of Allergy and Immunology {AAAAI},

by the Global initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), based on the predicted percentage (%) of normal FEV1, in subjects presenting with < 0.7 FEV1/FVC post-bronchodilator ratio (GOLD,2006) (Table 1.1). Introduction 26 Table 1.1: GOLD stages of COPD severity GOLD 2016 All the stages had FEV1/FVC ratio <0.7, post-bronchodilator Although a useful guide, severity assessment based on FEV1 alone is considered a weak marker for predicting morbidity and mortality as there is a poor association