Chapter 55 TERMS

bronchodilator

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- medication used to facilitate respiration by dilating the airways
- helpful in symptomatic relief or prevention of bronchial asthma and bronchospasm associated with COPD

Cheyne-Stokes respiration

- abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by apneic periods followed by periods of tachypnea
- may reflect delayed blood flow through the brain

leukotriene receptor agonist

- drugs that selectively and competitively block or antagonize receptors for the production of leukotrienes D4 and E4, components of slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis (SRSA)

mast cell stabalizer

-drug that works at the cellular level to inhibit the release of histamine and the release of SRSA

sympathomimetics

- drugs that mimic the effects of the SNS

-naturally occurring substances, including caffeine and theophylline, that have direct effect on the smooth muscle of the respiratory tract, both in the bronchi and in the blood vessels