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Your patient is diagnosed with chronic persistent asthma. Which type of drug would you recommend for maintenance   bronchodilation and control of bronchospasm?

Which of the following is a short acting bronchodilator? 

You are administering an aerosolized bronchodilator to your patient. Her pretreatment pulse was 85 beats/min.   You would stop the treatment if her pulse reached at least_______________.

Click here to access Test 4. As a reminder, you are allowed to use a brand new (with nothing typed into it) Microsoft Excel (or Google Sheet) document as your calculator. If you are taking the test remotely, Honorlock needs to be enabled before you continue. If you take the test without Honorlock being enabled, you will receive a 0. (yes, I do check the recordings). If the link makes you type in a password, it’s LBc2qUu6xX3 Good luck.

A 7-year-old boy has been given multiple aerosolized Albuterol (Proventil®) treatments over the last several days. His father tells you that every time a respiratory therapist administers a treatment, a few minutes later the saturation falls slightly for a few minutes. You explain to the father:

The adult dosage for ipratropium (Atrovent®) is ________________________.

Levalbuterol (Xopenex®) is a sympathomimetic beta agonist that is classified as which of the following?

A 12-year-old girl presents to the emergency department short of breath and complaining of chest tightness. Physical assessment reveals bilateral inspiratory and expiratory wheezing, respiratory rate 35 breaths per  minute. She is anxious and is unable to complete a sentence with one breath (chipped speech). The most appropriate medication for this patient is which of the following?

What are some potential adverse effects with use of adrenergic bronchodilators?  I. Hypokalemia (decreased serum potassium) II. Dizziness III. Worsening ventilation/perfusion ratio (V/Q) IV. Bradycardia

The respiratory therapist is called to evaluate a patient who is receiving bronchodilator therapy with albuterol (Proventil®) via small volume nebulizer. The patient tells the RT that she experiences “bad tremors” every time she takes her aerosol treatment. The physician requests that the RT recommend another bronchodilator. The most appropriate bronchodilator to recommend is which of the following?