You are the nurse caring for a patient with asthma hospitalized with an acute asthma exacerbation. What drugs would you expect to have ordered for this patient to gain underlying control of persistent asthma?
A) Rescue inhalers
B) Anti-inflammatory drugs
C) Antibiotics
D) Antitussives
Ans: B
Feedback: Because the underlying pathology of asthma is inflammation, control of persistent asthma is accomplished primarily with regular use of anti-inflammatory medications. Rescue inhalers, antibiotics, and antitussives do not aid in the control of persistent asthma.
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