Ivy Tech Community College RESP 106 Respiratory
Ivy Tech Community College RESP 106 Respiratory Pharmacology Homework Number 4 Mucus-controllers, Surfactants, Corticosteroids, & Anti-asthmatic agents Name: __________________________________ ________ / 22 pts 1. List seven factors that can slow mucociliary transport. 3.5 pts . 2. What are two indications for the use of N-Acetylcysteine? 2 pts 3. What is the most serious hazard that can occur with the use of N-Acetylcysteine? 2 pts a. How can the incidence of this hazard occurring be decreased? 4. Pulmozyme is a drug approved for treatment of tenacious sputum in patients with cystic fibrosis. How does this drug decrease the tenacity of the sputum? 1 pt 5. Why is hypertonic saline thought to improve mucociliary transport? 1pt 6. The force caused by the attraction between like molecules, which occur at the liquid- gas interface, and that holds the liquid surface intact, is called _________________ __________________. 1 pt 7. What is the primary function of surfactant in the lungs? 1 pt 8. _______________ surfactants are obtained from animals or humans by alveolar wash or from amniotic fluid. 1 pt 9. Survanta and Infasurf come from ___________ lungs, and Curosurf comes from _____________ lungs. 1 pt 10. What type of effect do glucocorticoids, also known as steroids, have on the body? 1 pt 11. List six side effects associated with systemic administration of corticosteroids. 3 pts . . 12. List three ways to minimize the local side effects of inhaled steroid administration. 1.5 pts 1. . 2. . 3. . 13. Cromolyn sodium is used as a _______________ agent in order to prevent asthma attacks. 1 pt 14. Explain the benefit of asthmatic patients using a drug such as Cromolyn Sodium to stabilize the mast cell. 1 pt 15. Name two anti-leukotriene agents that have been approved for use in the United States. 2 pts 1. . 2.
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