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    RESPIRATORY STUDY NOTES

    OBSTRUCTIVE RESPIRATORY DISORDERS

    0120 agg

    **Read pp. 542-576, 580-82, & table 28.7 pp 551-52 in Lewis


    textbook

    I. Asthma

    A. Risk factors/triggers

    B. Pathophysiology

    C. Manifestations

    D. Asthma classifications
    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.

    E. Asthma complications
    1. status asthmaticus

    2. respiratory failure
    F. Diagnostic studies

    G. Treatment for asthma

    1. Acute care during Asthma attack


    a. priorities
    b. give _________
    c. monitor _________
    d. positioning
    e. breathing treatment

    2. Medications for asthma


    a. bronchodilators

    b. mast cell stabilizers

    c. beta adrenergic agonists

    d. corticosteroids

    e. antileukotrienes

    f. anticholinergics

    3. Asthma action plan


    II. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
    ** includes asthma, bronchitis, emphysema)

    A. Etiology/risk factors

    B. Pathophysiology

    C. Clinical manifestations

    D. Complications

    E. Diagnostic studies

    F. Interprofessional Care

    1. goals

    2. therapy

    3. nutrition

    4. nursing interventions
    5. Health promotion

    6. Psychosocial considerations

    G. Medications for COPD


    1. theophylline

    2. anticholinergics

    3. beta adrenergic agonists

    4. bronchodilators

    5. corticosteroids

    III. Bronchiectasis

    A. Pathophysiology

    B. Manifestations

    C. Diagnostic studies

    D. Nursing Management

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