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Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Therapy

Give beta-2 agonist or ipratropium nebulisers d

Why?

  • Both beta-2 agonists and ipratropium lead to similar increases in FEV1 (range 150 to 250 ml)  and PEFR after 90 minutes. d

 

Expiry date: July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   N R   Anthonisen
CAT Writers   B   Phillips , CJ   Wotton , CM   Ball