• Emotions
• Occupational Exposure
• Food Additives
• GERD
• Sleep (Circadian Rythym)

• Dust mites
• Animal Dander
• Cockroach excrement

Amount of people suffering from Asthma

25 Million People 5-7% of the US population

Asthma (Defined)

The main pathology of asthma is reversible hyperreactive airways to various stimuli, some environmental and some physiologic, resultant obstruction and air trapping are due to bronchospasm, increased tenacity as well as amount of sputum, and mucosal edema.

Pulmonary Rehab consists of

Breathing retraining

Home rspiratory Care

Physical conditioning and excercise

Predicting lifespan with COPD pts

One indicator is FEV1 level. When it is less than 750ml lifespan is estimated to be less than 5 years

National Emphysema Treatment Trials (NETT STUDY)

is the first multi-center clinical trial designed to determine the role, safety, and effectiveness of bilateral lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in the treatment of emphysema. A secondary objective is to develop criteria for identifying patients who are likely to benefit from the procedure.

Failure to rinse mouth out after using a corticosteroid can result in

Candida (thrush)

Prolastin

Aralast

Zemaira

Produced from human serum