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Can I read Respiratory Care Management of COPD Exacerbations on EtoBox?
Respiratory Care Management of COPD Exacerbations by Dean R Hess is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Respiratory Care Management of COPD Exacerbations about?
A COPD exacerbation is characterized by an increase in symptoms such as dyspnea, cough, and sputum production that worsens over a period of 2 weeks. Exacerbations are common. Respiratory therapists and physicians in an acute care setting often treat these patients. Targeted O 2 therapy improves outcomes and should be titrated to an S pO 2 of 88-92%. Arterial blood gases remain the standard approach to assessing gas exchange in patients with COPD exacerbation. The limitations of arterial blood gas surrogates (pulse oximetry, capnography, transcutaneous monitoring, peripheral venous blood gases) should be appreciated so that they can be used wisely. Inhaled short-acting bronchodilators can be provided by nebulizer (jet or mesh), pressurized metered-dose inhaler (pMDI), pMDI with spacer or valved holding chamber, soft mist inhaler, or dry powder inhaler. The available evidence for the use of heliox for COPD exacerbation is weak. Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is standard therapy for patients who present with COPD exacerbation and is supported by clinical practice guidelines. Robust high-level evidence with patient important outcomes is lacking for the use of highflow nasal cannula in p
Who reads Respiratory Care Management of COPD Exacerbations?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Medicine.
- Author
- Dean R Hess
- Publisher
- Daedalus Enterprises
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)