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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Asthma Pill As Effective As Inhalers And Easier To Use

Leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA) pills are just as effective as inhalers in managing asthma symptoms, and are much easier to use, researchers from the University of East Anglia, England reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine).

LTRAs are infrequently prescribed as an alternative to inhalers because some people believed them to be less effective. This latest study shows they are effective.

Examples of LTRAs include Singulair (montelukast) and Accolate (zafirlukast). In the United Kingdom guidelines recommend LTRAs as a third step in asthma management.

Prof David Price and team monitored 650 asthma patients for 24 months. There was clear evidence that LTRAs are not only just as effective as inhalers, they are also much more user-friendly.

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Respiratory, Pulmonary, Anatomy, Conditions, Illnesses, Direct Patient Care

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Paul Arnote's Respiratory Care Links:"Welcome to my page of Respiratory Care links. I am a Registered Respiratory Therapist, and an instructor at the Kansas City campus of Concorde Career College. I also work PRN (quite regularly) at an area Kansas City hospital. Below you will find a plethora of links related to the field of Respiratory Care. I am placing these here not only for the benefit of my students, but all RTs, both in the Kansas City area and worldwide."
http://home.comcast.net/~parnote/

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Lou Torres BSN, RN, RRT, Legal Nurse Consultant, Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT), Massachusetts,
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Sleep Apnea Monitor Turned off or Ignored By Nursing Staff, Patient's Coding Goes Unnoticed.
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How Your Lungs Work by Craig C. Freudenrich, Ph.D., Howstuffworks.com:"You breathe in and out anywhere from 15 to 25 times per minute without even thinking about it. When you exercise, your breathing rate goes up -- again, without you thinking about it. You breathe so regularly that it is easy to take your lungs for granted. You can't even stop yourself from breathing if you try!"
http://www.howstuffworks.com/lung.htm

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Management of Airway Emergencies, AARC Clinical Practice Guideline:"Management of airway emergencies (MAE) for the purpose of this guideline encompasses all care necessary to deal with sudden and often life-threatening events affecting natural and artificial airways and involves the identification, assessment, and treatment of patients in danger of losing or not being able to maintain an adequate airway, including the newborn. This includes (1) identification of the causes of airway emergencies; (2) management of airway emergencies prior to tracheal intubation; (3) use of adjunctive equipment and special techniques for establishing, maintaining, and monitoring effective ventilation; (4) translaryngeal tracheal intubation, including nasal and oral tracheal intubation; (5) transtracheal catheter ventilation, (6) percutaneous dilational cricothyrotomy, and; (7) surgical cricothyrotomy."
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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Asthma, Direct Patient Care (Bedside Nursing),

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Tips to Remember: Asthma & Allergy Medications, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology:"More than 50 million people in the United States suffer from asthma and allergies. Fortunately, today there are many effective medications available to treat these conditions. The following information is intended to help asthma and allergy sufferers better understand the most commonly used types of medications."
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
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Patient Information and Physician Referral Line: (800) 822-2762
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Tips to Remember: Childhood Asthma, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology:"Asthma is the most common serious chronic disease of childhood, affecting nearly five million children in the United States. Characterized by coughing, chest tightness, shortness of breath and wheezing, asthma is the cause of almost three million physician visits and 200,000 hospitalizations each year. In infants and children, asthma may appear as cough, rapid or noisy breathing in and out, or chest congestion, without the other symptoms seen in adults."
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
555 East Wells Street
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Phone: (414) 272-6071
Patient Information and Physician Referral Line: (800) 822-2762
For all general questions, e-mail info@aaaai.org
http://www.aaaai.org/patients/publicedmat/tips/childhoodasthma.stm

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Treating Asthma With Bronchodilators , Beta 2-agonists, Cleveland Clinic Department of Patient Education and Health Information:"Beta 2-agonists - Short-acting inhaled forms include: Albuterol (Proventil® HFA, Ventolin® HFA, Accuneb®, ProAir®) Metaproterenol (Alupent®) Levalbuterol (Xoponex® HFA, Xoponex® nebulizer solution) Pirbuterol (Maxair®) Albuterol and ipatropium bromide combination (Combivent® metered dose inhaler; DuoNeb®) Short-acting beta 2-agonists are also called "quick acting" or "rescue" medicines because they relieve asthma symptoms very quickly by opening the airways. These inhalers are the best for treating sudden and severe or new asthma symptoms. They work within 20 minutes and last four to six hours. They are also the medicines to use 15 to 20 minutes before exercise to prevent exercise-induced asthma symptoms."
The Cleveland Clinic Department of Patient Education and Health Information
9500 Euclid Ave. NA31 Cleveland, OH 44195
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http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3500/3528.asp?index=11789

Category: Bronchodilators, Respiratory Drugs, Medications

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Allergy and Asthma FAQ:"The Allergy and Asthma FAQ is an informal gathering of the "net wisdom" on allergies and asthma. It includes links to various (Web and non-Web) sources of information. This started as the misc.kids Allergy and Asthma FAQ, so a certain amount of this information is geared towards parents, but there is plenty of information for adults, too. "
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~kupstas/FAQ.html

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alt.support.asthma FAQ:"Welcome to alt.support.asthma! This newsgroup provides a forum for the discussion of asthma, its symptoms, causes, and forms of treatment. Please note that postings to alt.support.asthma are intended to be for discussion purposes only and are in no way to be construed as medical advice. Asthma is a serious medical condition requiring direct supervision by a physician."
http://www.radix.net/~mwg/asthma-gen.html

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Asthma On The Rise: 25 Million In The U.S. Affected : Shots - Health News Blog : NPR

If asthma sometimes seems to be everywhere, it's not exactly your imagination.

Federal health officials estimate nearly 1 in 12 Americans, or nearly 25 million people have the respiratory disorder. That works out to 8.2 percent of the population in 2009, the latest year covered by the research.

 

The results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appear in this report.

The prevalence of asthma is up a little lately, from 7.7 percent in 2005.  How come? One reason is that doctors are looking for it more and are better at detecting it. The biggest increases in diagnosed asthma occurred in the '80s and '90s.

Asthma attacks, the severe breathing problems that can land someone in the hospital, affected 12.8 million people in the United States, or 4.2 percent of the population, in 2009. Attacks have held pretty steady for more than a decade.

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Monday, January 3, 2011

CDC - Seasonal Influenza (Flu) - Flu Activity & Surveillance

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

CDC - Seasonal Influenza (Flu) - Flu Information for Parents

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Flu is more dangerous than the common cold for children. Each year, flu places a large burden on the health and well-being of children and families. An influenza vaccination is the best method for preventing flu and its potentially severe complications in children. CDC recommends that all children 6 months and older get a flu vaccine.

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Monday, November 22, 2010

COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease): MedlinePlus


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COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)

 

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) makes it hard for you to breathe. Coughing up mucus is often the first sign of COPD. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are common COPDs.

Your airways branch out inside your lungs like an upside-down tree. At the end of each branch are small, balloon-like air sacs. In healthy people, both the airways and air sacs are springy and elastic. When you breathe in, each air sac fills with air like a small balloon. The balloon deflates when you exhale. In COPD, your airways and air sacs lose their shape and become floppy, like a stretched-out rubber band.

Cigarette smoking is the most common cause of COPD. Breathing in other kinds of irritants, like pollution, dust or chemicals, may also cause or contribute to COPD. Quitting smoking is the best way to avoid developing COPD.

Treatment can make you more comfortable, but there is no cure.

NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) makes it hard for you to breathe. Coughing up mucus is often the first sign of COPD. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are common COPDs.

Your airways branch out inside your lungs like an upside-down tree. At the end of each branch are small, balloon-like air sacs. In healthy people, both the airways and air sacs are springy and elastic. When you breathe in, each air sac fills with air like a small balloon. The balloon deflates when you exhale. In COPD, your airways and air sacs lose their shape and become floppy, like a stretched-out rubber band.

Cigarette smoking is the most common cause of COPD. Breathing in other kinds of irritants, like pollution, dust or chemicals, may also cause or contribute to COPD. Quitting smoking is the best way to avoid developing COPD.

Treatment can make you more comfortable, but there is no cure.

NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute


 

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The primary NIH organization for research on COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

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