iHuman Chronic Respiratory Illnesses Case Study Asthma and COPD, NU 641 Advanced Clinical Pharmacology

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Chronic Respiratory Illnesses: Asthma and COPD NU: 641 Advanced Clinical Pharmacology Case Study: Part A In this case, a 28-year-old female patient has a chronic cough. She presents with a c... ough and wheezes two to three days a week with two to three nights a month intermittently for one year. Based on the current guidelines from Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines, this patient has clinical features classified as mild persistent asthma. This classification is based on her symptom severity. Mild persistent asthma classification is symptoms of > 2 days/week but not daily, 3-4 times a month of nighttime awakenings, and impairment component of >2 days/week but not daily and not more than one time a day (Woo and Robinson, 2016, p. 915-916). [Show More]

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