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Asthma Maintenance Therapy - Stepwise Approach 

Low dose ICS 
-> Low dose ICS/LABA or Med/High dose
-> Low dose ICS ... Med/High dose ICS ... -> Med dose ICS ... Therapy #Management #Pharmacology ... #Pulmonary
Chart of Inhalers for Asthma and COPD
 - SABA - Short Acting Beta-2 Agonists
 - SAMA
Combination - ICS ... Combination - ICS ... Corticosteroid - ICS ... www.pyrls.com #inhalers #pulmonary ... #respiratory #pharmacology
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
corticosteroid (ICS ... overview of what ICS ... Corticosteroid #ICS ... Strengths #Doses #Pharmacology ... #Asthma
The 2019 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) treatment strategy figure for adults and adolescents, annotated to
Initiative for Asthma ... ICS: inhaled corticosteroids ... #GINA #Asthma #Management ... #Stepwise #Pulmonary
LABA/ICS Combination Inhalers
Long-Acting Beta2 Agonists (LABA) + Inhaled Corticosteroid (ICS) - Commonly used in Asthma 
Advair
LABA/ICS Combination ... Corticosteroid (ICS ... Here are the LABA/ICS ... These combo LABA/ICS ... Naming #Names #Pharmacology
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment ... long-acting β2-agonist; ICS ... #Management #Pulmonary ... GOLD2017 #LAMA #LABA #ICS
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... of expiration; ICS ... LAMA #SABA #SAMA #ICS ... #Pharmacology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
5 or elevated Cr ... common • Imaging: CXR ... - pulmonary opacities ... organ dysfuxtion, ICU
COPD Management Algorithm - GOLD 2019 guidelines 

Categorize into COPD GOLD A-D -> Initiate first-line therapy
which includes ICS ... ICS use should only ... Unnecessary ICS ... Guidelines #Management #Pulmonary ... #Algorithm #pharmacology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... #criticalcare #icu ... #clinical #pharmacology