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  2. Acute severe asthma - Wikipedia

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    Acute severe asthma, also known as status asthmaticus, is an acute exacerbation of asthma that does not respond to standard treatments of bronchodilators (inhalers) and corticosteroids. [2] Asthma is caused by multiple genes , some having protective effect, with each gene having its own tendency to be influenced by the environment although a ...

  3. Asthma - Wikipedia

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    [158] [159] [160] People with asthma may remain sub-optimally controlled either because optimum doses of asthma medications do not work (called "refractory" asthma) or because individuals are either unable (e.g. inability to afford treatment, poor inhaler technique) or unwilling (e.g., wish to avoid side effects of corticosteroids) to take ...

  4. Pulmonary drug delivery - Wikipedia

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    Pulmonary drug delivery is a route of administration in which patients use an inhaler to inhale their medications and drugs are absorbed into the bloodstream via the lung mucous membrane. This technique is most commonly used in the treatment of lung diseases, for example, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

  5. Doctors urged to ditch blue inhalers for asthma treatment ...

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    The carbon footprint of blue inhalers is being compared to a lengthy car trip in advice released to asthma patients as British doctors are told to switch out the sprays for a more effective treatment.

  6. Anti-asthmatic agent - Wikipedia

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    An anti-asthmatic agent, also known as an anti-asthma drug, refers to a drug that can aid in airway smooth muscle dilation to allow normal breathing during an asthma attack or reduce inflammation on the airway to decrease airway resistance for asthmatic patients, or both. The goal of asthmatic agents is to reduce asthma exacerbation frequencies ...

  7. Nebulizer - Wikipedia

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    Recent evidence shows that nebulizers are no more effective than metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) with spacers. [5] An MDI with a spacer may offer advantages to children who have acute asthma. [3] [6] [5] Those findings refer specifically to the treatment of asthma and not to the efficacy of nebulisers generally, as for COPD for example. [5]

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