Prophylactic use of bronchodilators.

Bronchodilators use in patients with COPD

BACKGROUND Bronchodilators are commonly used as maintenance and rescue therapy in patients with COPD. We aimed to examine the prescribing patterns of bronchodilators in clinical practice. METHODS We identified patients with COPD who initiated oral or inhaled bronchodilators between 2001 and 2010 from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. We followed the patients for 1 year. ...

Use of Bronchodilators in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Hospital Physician October 2006 27 C hronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive, debilitating disorder of rising prevalence and the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. In 2000, 10 million adults in the United States reported having physician-diagnosed COPD.1 Over the past decade, hospitalizations due to COPD have increased, and COPD deaths among wome...

Cardiovascular morbidity and the use of inhaled bronchodilators

We used the Manitoba Health database to examine the relationship between use of inhaled respiratory drugs in people with chronic obstructive respiratory diseases and cardiovascular hospitalizations from 1996 through 2000. The drugs examined were beta agonists [BA], ipratropium bromide IB, and inhaled steroids (ICS). End points were first hospitalizations for supraventricular tachycardia, myocar...

Prophylactic use of antimalarials during pregnancy.

QUESTION Some of my pregnant patients wish to travel to malaria-endemic regions. Are there medications that can be used safely during pregnancy for malaria prophylaxis? ANSWER Pregnant women should avoid travel to malaria-endemic areas if possible. However, if travel cannot be avoided, measures to prevent mosquito bites, along with an effective chemoprophylaxis regimen, should be implemented....

Prophylactic Use of Arsenic in Malaria