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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 ... #Management #Treatment
Oral Antihypertensive Medications - Selection by Comorbidities
Comorbidities: 
 • Stable Angina, HFpEF, HFrEF, AFib, TAA/Marfan, Aortic
Medications - Selection ... Comorbidities: • Stable ... Antihypertensive #Medications ... #pharmacology #table ... #management
Oral anti-hypertensives with relative fast onset of action (Hypertensive Emergency)

The key concern with oral antihypertensive agents
you're up-titrating medications ... allow one dose of medication ... #medications #FastOnset ... Hypertensive #Emergency #Management ... #Pharmacology #Table
Severe Asthma Exacerbation
Signs of a Severe Asthma Exacerbation:
 • Vitals: ↑HR ↑RR ↓SpO2
 • High work
Severe Asthma Exacerbation ... Signs of a Severe Asthma ... - Abnormally normal ... #CriticalCare #pulmonary ... ventilation #mechanical #management
The 2019 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) treatment strategy figure for adults and adolescents, annotated to
Initiative for Asthma ... agonists; OCS: oral ... #GINA #Asthma #Management ... #Stepwise #Pulmonary
Asthma Maintenance Therapy - Stepwise Approach 

Low dose ICS 
-> Low dose ICS/LABA or Med/High dose
Asthma Maintenance ... nonpharmacologic management ... before increasing medication ... Stepwise #Therapy #Management ... #Pharmacology #Pulmonary
Extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn’s disease
Dermatological: Aphthous stomatitis, Erythema nodosum, Psoriasis, Pyoderma gangrenosum
Vascular: Portal hypertension, Thromboembolism, Thrombosis,
gangrenosum Vascular: Portal ... Thromboembolism, Thrombosis, Pulmonary ... Inflammatory: Asthma ... IBD #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Biologic therapy for eosinophilic asthma 
• Mepolizumab (Nucala) 
  • Anti-lL-5, 100 mg SQ q4
for eosinophilic asthma ... #eosinophilic #asthma ... Biologic #therapy #Medications ... #pharmacology #pulmonary ... #management
Summary of Treatments for Allergic Rhinitis
 - Intranasal corticosteroids
 - Oral antihistamines
 - Combination intranasal corticosteroid
corticosteroids - Oral ... antihistamines - Oral ... Immunotherapy #Management ... Rhinitis #Treatments #Medications ... #Table
Asthma management- what is the evidence? 

MDI vs. Nebulization of Beta agonist 
 - Has been
Asthma management ... 10x greater Oral ... #asthma #management ... #ebm #pulmonary