A patient with an acute exacerbation of asthma is not responding to the standard dose and fre-quency of an aerosolized bronchodilator and is now receiving small-volume jet nebulizer (SVN) therapy every 30 min
Which of the following would you recommend to the patient's physician at this time?
a. Discontinue the aerosolized bronchodila-tor.
b. Increase the frequency of SVN therapy to every 10 min.
c. Consider continuous nebulization of the drug.
d. Add more diluent to the SVN to extend treatment time.
ANS: C
An alternative approach is to provide continuous nebulization with a specialized large-volume nebulizer.
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