Treatments for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Treatments for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
The list of treatments mentioned in various sources
for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
includes the following list.
Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment
or change in treatment plans.
- Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) - an average of 120 days
- Oxygen
- Artificial ventilation (respirator)
- Symptomatic treatment
- Surfactant treatment
- Corticosteroids - reduce swelling
- Lung fluid control - avoid fluid buildup in the lungs
- Bronchodilator medications - to ease air flow
- Antibiotics - to treat and/or prevent infections.
- Nutritional treatments
- Treatments for patent ductus arteriosus
- Monitoring for respiratory infection symptoms - often by parents and nursing staff.
- Avoid exposure to infection - fewer visitors, especially fewer young children.
- Avoid cigarette smoke
- Physical therapy
- Home care
- Supplemental oxygen
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- Aldactazide
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- Apo-Spirozide
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- Sincomen
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Stridor & Wheezing:
Treatment
(In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
-
Attention to airway, breathing, and circulation
-
Administer supplemental O2
-
Asthma: Avoid triggers; bronchodilation with inhaled β
2
agonists (e.g., albuterol) and anticholinergics (e.g., ipratropium); inhaled, oral and/or IV steroids
-
Epiglottitis: Emergent airway intervention (endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy); cephalosporin antibiotics
-
Respiratory infection: Appropriate antibiotics if bacterial cause is suspected; βagonists
-
Anaphylaxis: Patients in extremis require immediate subcutaneous epinephrine injection; antihistamines (e.g., diphenhydramine); inhaled β
2 agonists
(e.g., albuterol); steroids
-
Croup: Supportive care; nebulized steroids; epinephrine
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Source: In a Page: Signs and Symptoms, 2004
Wheezing:
Treatment
(In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Asthma is treated with layered therapy for acute symptom control (“rescue” medicine) and prevention of disease (“controller” medicine)
–Rescue medicines are inhaled β-agonists (immediate) or steroids (rapid)
–Controller medicines include ICS, leukotriene modifiers, anti-inflammatory agents, and long-acting bronchodilators
-
Bronchomalacia is treated with atrovent and/or ICS
-
Treat/eliminate underlying triggers
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Source: In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms, 2007
Wheezing [Sibilant rhonchi]:
Emergency interventions
(Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
Examine the degree of the patient’s respiratory distress. Is he responsive? Is he restless, confused, anxious, or afraid? Are his respirations abnormally fast, slow, shallow, or deep? Are they irregular? Can you hear wheezing through his mouth? Does he exhibit increased use of accessory muscles; increased chest wall motion; intercostal, suprasternal, or supraclavicular retractions; stridor; or nasal flaring? Take his other vital signs, noting hypotension or hypertension and decreased oxygen saturation or an irregular, weak, rapid, or slow pulse.
Help the patient relax, administer humidified oxygen by face mask, and encourage him to take slow, deep breaths. Have endotracheal intubation and emergency resuscitation equipment readily available. Call the respiratory therapy department to supply intermittent positive-pressure breathing and nebulization treatments with bronchodilators. Insert an I.V. line for administration of drugs, such as diuretics, steroids, bronchodilators, and sedatives. Perform the abdominal thrust maneuver, as indicated, for airway obstruction.
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Source: Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition), 2006
Premature labor:
Treatment
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Treatment is intended to suppress premature labor when tests show immature fetal pulmonary development, cervical dilation is less than 1½"(4 cm), and the absence of factors that contraindicate continuation of pregnancy. Such treatment consists of bed rest and, when necessary, drug therapy, but neither has been proven beneficial in all patients.
The following pharmacologic agents can suppress premature labor for up to 48 hours:
❑ Beta-adrenergic stimulants (terbutaline, isoxsuprine, or ritodrine): Stimulation of the beta2-adrenergic receptors inhibits contractility of uterine smooth muscle. Adverse effects include maternal tachycardia and hypotension, and fetal tachycardia.
❑ Magnesium sulfate: Direct action on the myometrium relaxes the muscle. It also produces maternal adverse effects, such as drowsiness, slurred speech, flushing, decreased reflexes, decreased GI motility, and decreased respirations. Fetal and neonatal adverse effects may include central nervous system (CNS) depression, decreased respirations, and decreased sucking reflex.
Maternal factors that jeopardize the fetus, making premature delivery the lesser risk, include intrauterine infection, abruptio placentae, placental insufficiency, and severe preeclampsia. Among the fetal problems that become more perilous as pregnancy nears term are severe isoimmunization and congenital anomalies.
Ideally, treatment for active premature labor should take place in a regional perinatal intensive care center, where the staff is specially trained to handle this situation. In such settings, the neonate can remain close to his parents. (Community health care facilities commonly lack the equipment necessary for special neonatal care and transfer the neonate alone to a perinatal center.)
Treatment and delivery require an intensive team effort, focusing on:
❑ continuous assessment of the neonate’s health through fetal monitoring
❑ administration of antenatal steroids to assist fetal lung development, unless contraindicated
❑ maintenance of adequate hydration through I.V. fluids.
Prevention of premature labor requires good prenatal care, adequate nutrition, and proper rest. Insertion of a purse-string suture (cerclage) to reinforce an incompetent cervix at 14 to 18 weeks’gestation may prevent premature labor in patients with histories of this disorder. However, this can be dangerous if an incompetent cervix is misdiagnosed and premature labor is the true cause.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Wheezing [Sibilant rhonchi]:
Emergency interventions
(Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
Assess whether the patient is in respiratory distress. Is he responsive? Is he restless, confused, anxious, or afraid? Are his respirations abnormally fast, slow, shallow, or deep? Are they irregular? Can you hear wheezing through his mouth? Does he exhibit increased use of accessory muscles; increased chest wall motion; intercostal, suprasternal, or supraclavicular retractions; stridor; or nasal flaring? Take his other vital signs, noting hypotension or hypertension, decreased oxygen saturation, and an irregular, weak, rapid, or slow pulse.
Help the patient relax. Administer humidified oxygen by face mask, and encourage slow, deep breathing. Have endotracheal intubation and emergency resuscitation equipment readily available. Call the respiratory therapy department to supply intermittent positive-pressure breathing and nebulization treatments with bronchodilators. Insert an I.V. line for administration of drugs, such as diuretics, steroids, bronchodilators, and sedatives. Perform the abdominal thrust maneuver, as indicated, for airway obstruction.
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Source: Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition), 2006
Wheezing:
Nursing considerations
(Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
Prepare the patient for diagnostic tests, such as chest X-rays, arterial blood gas analysis, pulmonary function tests, and sputum culture.
Ease the patient’s breathing by placing him in semi-Fowler’s position and repositioning him frequently. Perform pulmonary physiotherapy as necessary.
Administer an antibiotic to treat infection, a bronchodilator to relieve bronchospasm and maintain a patent airway, a steroid to reduce inflammation, and a mucolytic or expectorant to increase the flow of secretions. Provide humidification to thin secretions.
Patient teaching
If appropriate, encourage increased activity to promote drainage and prevent pooling of secretions. Encourage regular deep breathing and coughing. Explain the importance of drinking fluids to liquefy secretions and prevent dehydration.
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Source: Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series, 2007
Wheezing:
Emergency Actions
(Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
Examine the degree of the patient’s respiratory distress. Is he responsive? Is he restless, confused, anxious, or afraid? Are his respirations abnormally fast, slow, shallow, or deep? Are they irregular? Can you hear wheezing through his mouth? Does he exhibit increased use of accessory muscles; increased chest wall motion; intercostal, suprasternal, or supraclavicular retractions; stridor; or nasal flaring? Take his other vital signs, noting hypotension or hypertension, decreased oxygen saturation, and an irregular, weak, rapid, or slow pulse.
Help him relax, administer humidified oxygen by face mask, and encourage slow, deep breathing. Have endotracheal intubation and emergency resuscitation equipment readily available. Call the respiratory therapy department to supply intermittent positive-pressure breathing and nebulization treatments with bronchodilators. Insert an I.V. line for administration of drugs, such as diuretics, steroids, bronchodilators, and sedatives. Perform the abdominal thrust maneuver, as indicated, for airway obstruction.
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Source: Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses, 2007
Wheezing [Sibilant rhonchi]:
Nursing considerations
(Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
▪ Prepare the patient for diagnostic tests, such as chest X-rays, arterial blood gas analysis, pulmonary function tests, and sputum culture.
▪ Ease the patient's breathing by placing him in a semi-Fowler's position.
▪ Perform pulmonary physiotherapy as necessary.
▪ Administer an antibiotic, bronchodilator, steroid, and mucolytic or expectorant, as ordered.
▪ Provide humidification to thin secretions.
Patient teaching
▪ Explain to the patient the underlying cause of wheezing and its treatment.
▪ Teach the patient how to promote drainage and prevent pooling of secretions.
▪ Explain deep-breathing and coughing techniques.
▪ Explain the importance of increasing fluid intake, if appropriate.
▪ Teach the patient how to take prescribed drugs correctly.
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Source: Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms, 2007
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