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Asthma Maintenance Therapy - Stepwise Approach 

Low dose ICS 
-> Low dose ICS/LABA or Med/High dose
dose ICS/LABA ... dose ICS/LABA + ... nonpharmacologic management ... before increasing medication ... #Management #Pharmacology
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms ... Chronic Obstructive Lung ... LAMA: long-acting ... -agonist; ICS: inhaled ... #LABA #ICS #Guidelines
COPD Preferred Treatments - GOLD 2018 

COPD is a common progressive respiratory condition that can be
through use of maintenance ... anticholinergics) and ICS ... progression of therapy ... is LAMA, then dual ... LAMA/LABA/ICS.
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Medical Treatment Algorithm ... of expiration; ICS ... -agonist; LAMA, ... #Management #Pulmonary ... #SAMA #ICS #Pharmacology
Asthma GINA Guidelines 2019 
If Asthma is uncontrolled, first assess for adherence and inhaler technique -Then,
patients adherence to maintenance ... then a low dose ICS ... then step up to ICS ... strength of the ICS ... Stepwise #Guidelines #Management
The 2019 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) treatment strategy figure for adults and adolescents, annotated to
ICS: inhaled corticosteroids ... receptor antagonists; LABA ... : long-acting β2 ... #GINA #Asthma #Management ... StepUp #Treatment #Algorithm
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
asthma-COPD overlap; ICS ... = long-acting β2 ... -agonist; LAMA = ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Differences #Algorithm
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Delirium in the ICU ... - Review the medication ... encephalopathy Sleep maintenance ... pharmacologic therapy ... Delirium #Checklist #Management
Stepwise approach for managing asthma in youths greater than 12 years of age and adults as
environmental control and management ... are as follows: ICS ... (long-acting β2 ... 152(4):232-7 #Management ... #LABA #ICS #Corticosteroid