Discuss asthma action plan (PEF monitoring and corresponding action) Goals: Control of symptoms and triggers Reduce future risks and complications Smoking cessation Update influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations.Pharmacologic and invasive managementFor...
Medical records should also contain details of treatment prescribed, education given to help patients understand the chronic nature of their disease, and provision of a personal written action plan to enable them to change their treatment and seek assistance when needed. Diagnosing asthma in adults, ...
are various levels of sophistication for CDSSs, from reminders to enter specific data, prescribe certain drugs/vaccines or provide an asthma action plan, to a system retrieving patient asthma information from an electronic health-care record and providing a critique on the intended clinical action. ...
Six ideas to improve asthma self-care were highlighted: 1. Improve delivery of the asthma action plan (AAP); 2. Develop a symptom monitoring calendar; 3. Provide accessible travel information; 4. Develop an exercise programme for patients with asthma; 5. Promoting patient self-efficacy; and 6...
6,7 Athletes and athletic trainers should be aware and be reminded to rely on their asthma action plan provided by their primary care physician that demonstrates a step-by-step process of what to do when their symptoms begin to become uncontrolled (Figs. 1 and 2). Sign in to download hi...
They addressed asthma pathophysiology, medication use, self-monitoring, use of an asthma action plan, trigger avoidance, seeking urgent care, communication with clinicians, stress management, receiving influenza and pneumonia vaccines, and accessing community resources. The CHWs provided social support,22,...
Thus, patients with this form of asthma must avoid aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Asthma in the Emergency Department When a patient with asthma presents for acute emergency care, objective measures of the severity of the attack, including quantification of pulsus paradoxus ...
As asthma symptoms may worsen or improve during pregnancy, instruct pregnant women on how to adjust their medication(s) appropriately and have an action plan for the management of exacerbations during pregnancy and labor. Inform pregnant women that although exacerbations during labor are rare, a cesa...
18. Action against asthma. A strategic plan for the Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services; 2000. 19. Thompson S. On the social cost of asthma. Eur J Respir Dis Suppl 1984;136:185-91. 20. Karr RM, Davies RJ, Butcher BT, ...
As asthma symptoms may worsen or improve during pregnancy, instruct pregnant women on how to adjust their medication(s) appropriately and have an action plan for the management of exacerbations during pregnancy and labor. Inform pregnant women that although exacerbations during labor are rare, a cesa...