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Asthma Medications and Mechanism of Action

#Asthma #Medications #Drugs #Pulmonary #Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Asthma Medications ... Mechanism of Action #Asthma ... Medications #Drugs #Pulmonary ... #Pharmacology #
Chart of Inhalers for Asthma and COPD
 - SABA - Short Acting Beta-2 Agonists
 - SAMA
of Inhalers for Asthma ... Combination - LABA ... www.pyrls.com #inhalers #pulmonary ... #lung #asthma # ... #respiratory #pharmacology
Asthma Maintenance Therapy - Stepwise Approach 

Low dose ICS 
-> Low dose ICS/LABA or Med/High dose
> Low dose ICS/LABA ... > Med dose ICS/LABA ... High dose ICS/LABA ... Therapy #Management #Pharmacology ... #Pulmonary
Oxygen Delivery by Device

Nasal Cannula 
• Indicated for low-flow, low-percentage supplemental oxygen. 
• Flow rate of
• Lateral perforations ... high percentage FiO ... set to desired FiO2 ... deliver desired FiO ... #Pulmonary #Equipment
Inhaled Corticosteroid Inhaler Strengths
Beclomethasone	Qvar	100-200	>200400	>400
Budesonide	Pulmicort	200-400	>400-800	>800
Ciclesonide	Alvesco	80-160	>160-320	>320
Fluticasone furoate	Arnuity Ellipta	100	n/a	200
Fluticasone dipropionate	Flovent	100-250	>250-500	>500
Mometasone fuorate	Asmanex	110-220	>220-440	>440

Asthma maintenance inhalers should always include an inhaled corticosteroid
500 Mometasone fuorate ... 220-440 >440 Asthma ... Strengths #Doses #Pharmacology ... #Asthma
The 2019 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) treatment strategy figure for adults and adolescents, annotated to
Initiative for Asthma ... receptor antagonists; LABA ... #GINA #Asthma #Management ... #Stepwise #Pulmonary
Biologic therapy for eosinophilic asthma 
• Mepolizumab (Nucala) 
  • Anti-lL-5, 100 mg SQ q4
for eosinophilic asthma ... #eosinophilic #asthma ... #Medications #pharmacology ... #pulmonary #management
LABA/ICS Combination Inhalers
Long-Acting Beta2 Agonists (LABA) + Inhaled Corticosteroid (ICS) - Commonly used in Asthma 
Advair
LABA/ICS Combination ... Commonly used in Asthma ... commonly used in asthma ... Naming #Names #Pharmacology ... #Asthma
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
tobacco hx, >60% asthma ... Consolidations AKA "inverse pulmonary ... Laura McNamara @ ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #pulmonary
ASV - Adaptive Support Ventilation Summary
Basic Set Parameters:
  1) Target MV (80-120%)
  2) PEEP
2) PEEP 3) FiO2 ... no significant pulmonary ... with ARDS, COPD, asthma ... #Ventilation #pulmonary