Management Strategies for Respiratory Conditions

Exercise induced asthma

Management includes swimming, walking, cycling, preferring warm environments over cold, and using Ventolin or a sport specific preventer.

OSA

Management includes decreasing weight, avoiding nocturnal sedatives, cessation of evening alcohol, avoiding sleeping in supine position, and using Continuous Passive Airway Pressure (CPAP).

Intermittent Asthma

Management includes SABA (Short-Acting Beta-Agonists) and Preventer Therapy.

Persistent Asthma

Management includes daily preventer therapy and SABA.

COPD

Management includes stopping smoking, medication, and pulmonary rehabilitation.

Cystic fibrosis (CF)

Management includes Airway clearance

- Autogenic drainage

- Positive Expiration Pressure

- Flutter Therapy

- Lung Transplant

PAOD

Smoking cessation, Dietary / metabolic changes, decrease Blood pressure, Weight reduction, Moderation of alcohol consumption, increase Exercise

CF Management (Medications)

Medications:

- Lungs - bronchodilators, antibiotics, steroids

- Pancreatic replacement enzymes

- Bisphosphonates - decrease osteoporosis risk