Asthma and Stepwise Management Helen Walton Walden University Advanced Pharmacology NURS 6521
• Describe long-term control and quick relief treatment options for the asthma patient from your practice as well as the impact these drugs might have on your patient. • Explain the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management for your patient. • Explain how stepwise management assists health care providers and patients in gaining and maintaining control of the disease Asthma and Stepwise management Introduction • Dependent on a chronic bronchial inflammatory response, asthma is a heterogeneous disease often initiated by environmental factors-smoking, allergies, chemicals, pollution, and exercise (Horak, Doberer, Eber, Horak, Pohl, Riedler, & Studnicka, 2016). • Asthma chronically elicits an inflammatory response in the bronchial mucosa; instigating copious thick secretions and narrowing of the airway (McCance, & Huether, 2019). Asthma impacts the daily lives of those afflicted with the disorder resulting in numerous days of sick leave, frequent emergency room visits and hospitalizations, and death if not abruptly and accurately treated (American Academy of Allergy,
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