Copd and still smoking

    • [PDF File]COPD MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL - Stanford Medicine

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      smoking cessation program. All patients Still smoking COPD not stable: follow-up with primary care physician to determine if other pharmacologic treatment is needed (antibiotics, antitussives, antivirals, etc.) Assess patient for acute exacerbation Yes Refer to physician if patient falls outside of this protocol No Established diagnosis of COPD


    • [PDF File]The All Wales COPD Management and Prescribing Guideline

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      Still poorly controlled? Review: Inhaler technique Non-pharmacological interventions Smoking status Consider referral STAGE 1 Prescribe a SABA Prescribe a (LABA + LAMA) Salbutamol 100mcg MDI + spacer PRN Gentle and deep via spacer Salbutamol 100mcg Easyhaler PRN Forceful and deep Salbutamol 100mcg easibreathe PRN Gentle and deep Duaklir Genuair ...


    • [PDF File]Smoking and Respiratory Diseases

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      COPD. Lung injury from tobacco smoke leads to the development of COPD, the . nation’s third largest killer. People with COPD have damaged airways and slowly die from lack of oxygen. Eight out of 10 cases of COPD are caused by smoking. The number of Americans suffering from COPD is increasing and there is no cure for this disease.


    • [PDF File]Nottinghamshire COPD Guidelines

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      Nottinghamshire COPD Guidelines ... Stop smoking: only clinically effective intervention to slow disease progression. All patients should be provided with a brief intervention, advised to quit and sign posted to stop ... onsider referral if patient is still limited by breathlessness and/or having frequent exacerbations. Inhaler device SAA or ...


    • [PDF File]The breath of life

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      the connection between smoking and lung cancer, the identification of environmental hazards such as ... chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) when questioned about their smoking history. These patients ... are still taught in undergraduate clinical training, are very ...


    • [PDF File]Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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      Stop smoking support and treatment. Pulmonary rehabilitation if indicated. Pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations. Develop a self-management plan with patient. Treatment optimisation for co-morbidities. If the patient still suffering from breathlessness or exercise limitation offer a …


    • [PDF File]4 Care Plan Example 1 - Maryland

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      Feb 12, 2015 · Mary has severe COPD with exercise-induced desaturation and chronic hemoconcentration. She has been intubated once so far but has been hospitalized three times this year for COPD exacerbation, most recently last week. She continues to smoke, though “only 3-4 cigarettes” per day and never when the children are in her house.


    • [PDF File]Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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      The term chronic, in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, means that it lasts for a long time. Symptoms of COPD sometimes improve when a person stops smoking, takes medication regularly, and/or attends pulmonary rehabilitation. However, the lungs are still damaged and can never fully return to normal. Therefore, COPD is a lifelong condition.


    • [PDF File]COPD Rescue Pack Information .uk

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      COPD review by the GP or specialist nurse to try and find the reason for this. At all review appointments, discuss corticosteroid and antibiotic use with people who keep these medicines at home, to check that they still understand how to use them. 3 or more courses of oral steroids a year warrants consideration of osteoporosis prophylaxis.


    • [PDF File]Work-related Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease …

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      Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) COPD is a serious long-term lung disease which is common in later life and mainly caused by smoking. However, past occupational exposures to various dusts, fumes and vapours have also contributed to causing a substantial proportion of current cases.


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