LABA - Answer✔✔-LABA: most have slower onset of action; however, formoterol is an
exception; used as a solo drug in group A and used in combination group B and E - COPD
patients
COPD mild exacerbation - Answer✔✔-SABA and oral steroid like prednisone
COPD Moderate exacerbation - Answer✔✔-SABA + antibiotics (macrolide or tetracycline)
COPD severe exacerbation - Answer✔✔-Send to the hospital!
Most common lung cancer symptom - Answer✔✔-chronic cough!
Pneumonia physcial exam findings - Answer✔✔-increased tactile fremitus and egophony
MAD pneumonic for pneumonia treatment - Answer✔✔-MAD pneumonic for healthy adults in
outpatient setting!
Macrolide, amoxicillin, and doxycycline
o Macrolides like azithromycin are great for mycoplasma pneumonia
o Amoxicillin - example is Augmentin
Treatment for adults with comorbidities or who have had antibiotics within the last 90 days -
Answer✔✔-Respiratory fluoroquinolone like levofloxacin (Levaquin)
§ Major boxed warning associated with fluoroquinolone is Achilles tendon rupture
o Combination therapy with Augmentin and a macrolide or doxycycline
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