Respiratory drugs

Author(s):  
Carl Waldmann ◽  
Neil Soni ◽  
Andrew Rhodes

Bronchodilators 154Nitric oxide 156Mucolytics 158Surfactant 160Helium–oxygen gas mixtures 162Bronchodilators, as the name suggests, are used in airways disease, particularly in asthma and COPD, to produce a reversal of airway obstruction. An overview of the three main categories is provided here:...

Author(s):  
Carl Waldmann ◽  
Andrew Rhodes ◽  
Neil Soni ◽  
Jonathan Handy

This chapter discusses respiratory drugs and includes discussion on bronchodilators (describing β‎2-agonists, anticholinergic agents, and xanthine derivatives), nitric oxide (history, biochemistry, clinical use of inhaled nitric oxide, administration of inhaled nitric oxide, adverse effects of inhaled nitric oxide, and adjunctive therapies), mucolytics (properties of mucus, types of mucolytics, clinical applications, and side-effects), and helium–oxygen gas mixtures (including nomenclature, rationale, indications, expected effects, presentation, face mask administration, nebulization, patient monitoring during therapy, stopping helium–oxygen therapy, indications for helium–oxygen mask ventilation, indications for helium–oxygen intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) via endotracheal or tracheostomy tube, patient monitoring during IPPV therapy, stopping helium–oxygen therapy, and published trials).


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