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Asthma Maintenance Therapy - Stepwise Approach 

Low dose ICS 
-> Low dose ICS/LABA or Med/High dose
Asthma Maintenance Therapy ... -> Low dose ICS ... Med/High dose ICS ... increasing medication therapy ... Maintenance #Stepwise #Therapy
Asthma GINA Guidelines 2019 
If Asthma is uncontrolled, first assess for adherence and inhaler technique -Then,
increase stepwise therapy ... then a low dose ICS ... then step up to ICS ... strength of the ICS ... Management #StepUp #Therapy
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 ... on what step of therapy ... overview of what ICS ... Corticosteroid #ICS
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
escalation in therapy ... optimal inhaled therapy ... maximal inhaled therapy ... of expiration; ICS ... LAMA #SABA #SAMA #ICS
COPD Management Algorithm - GOLD 2019 guidelines 

Categorize into COPD GOLD A-D -> Initiate first-line therapy
Initiate first-line therapy ... simply stepping up therapy ... initiating triple therapy ... which includes ICS ... Unnecessary ICS
Chart of Inhalers for Asthma and COPD
 - SABA - Short Acting Beta-2 Agonists
 - SAMA
Combination - ICS ... Combination - ICS ... Corticosteroid - ICS
Stepwise approach for managing asthma in youths greater than 12 years of age and adults as
Prevention Program(4) Therapy ... 3 months, then therapy ... are as follows: ICS ... Asthma #Stepup #Therapy ... #LABA #ICS #Corticosteroid
Daliresp (Roflumilast) 
Indication: Reduce risk of COPD exacerbations 
Drug Class: Selective Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) Inhibitor 
GOLD 2019
: - Triple Therapy ... (LAMA/LABA/ICS) ... already on triple therapy ... low, adding an ICS
Incomplete spinal cord syndromes (ISCS)
 • Central - Small Lesion - Suspended sensory deficit, classic cape
cord syndromes (ISCS ... rg.2018170178 #ISCS
Asthma Severity Classification and Step Therapy

#Diagnosis #Management #Asthma #Classification #Severity #Step #Therapy #ALiEM
Classification and Step Therapy ... Severity #Step #Therapy