There are descriptions about the pathophysiology and the unique pathogenic characteristics of COPD and asthma, early diagnosis of COPD, the staging of disease severity, the use of FEV1 reduction as a prognostic indicator, the latest pharmacological therapy for mild, moderate, and severe COPD and asthma, and smoking cessation approaches that primary care providers can adopt for the prevention of COPD.
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The Role of Nurse in The Acute Asthma Management, a Guideline
Below we provide you with a guideline mainly for nurse in the management of acute asthma patient. The role of nurse is taking an important action since nurse has an active role in coordinating effective asthma management and delivering developmentally-appropriate asthma self-management skill. May this guideline help you in your duty. What you will find [...]
2009 Updated Guideline of Acute Asthma
Items such Assessment of Severity, Bronchodilators, Corticosteroids, Additional Therapies, Delivery Devices such a Metered Dose Inhaler, Discharge plan and clear instructions concerning individual asthma risk profile, Clinical Assessment, and Treatment of Acute Asthma (oxygen, anticholinergics, iv magnesium sulfate, aminophylin, intubated actions) are in detailed and clear description.
Ensure Actions of H1N1 Management with The WHO Critical Care Checklist
The checklist contains items such as Upon arrival to clinical triage, Upon Initial assesment, Initial and ongoingpatient management, before patient transport, before every patient contact, before patient entry to designated area, before entering and leavingdesignated area, before and after discharging suspected case.
