When.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Buteyko method - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buteyko_method

   Buteyko practice emphasizes relaxation to counter asthma attacks. The first feeling of an asthma attack is unsettling and can result in a short period of rapid breathing. Buteyko method claims that by controlling this initial over-breathing phase, asthmatics can prevent a "vicious circle of over-breathing" from developing and spiraling into an ...

3. Anti-asthmatic agent - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-asthmatic_agent

   An anti-asthmatic agent, also known as an anti-asthma drug, refers to a drug that can aid in airway smooth muscle dilation to allow normal breathing during an asthma attack or reduce inflammation on the airway to decrease airway resistance for asthmatic patients, or both. The goal of asthmatic agents is to reduce asthma exacerbation frequencies ...

4. Nebulizer - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulizer

   Nebulizers are commonly used for the treatment of asthma, cystic fibrosis, COPD and other respiratory diseases or disorders. They use oxygen, compressed air or ultrasonic power to break up solutions and suspensions into small aerosol droplets that are inhaled from the mouthpiece of the device. An aerosol is a mixture of gas and solid or liquid ...

5. Pursed-lip breathing - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pursed-lip_breathing

   It can be used effectively during asthma attacks to slow breathing and reduce the work of breathing. [ 1 ] Physicians , nurses , physical therapists , occupational therapists , and respiratory therapists teach this technique to their patients to ease shortness of breath and to promote deep breathing, also referred to as abdominal or ...

6. Respiratory arrest - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_arrest

   Respiratory arrest is a life-threatening medical emergency that requires immediate medical attention and management. To save a patient in respiratory arrest, the goal is to restore adequate ventilation and prevent further damage. Management interventions include supplying oxygen, opening the airway, and means of artificial ventilation. In some ...

7. Oxygen therapy - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_therapy

   In some instances, oxygen delivery can lead to particular complications in population subsets. In infants with respiratory failure, administration of high levels of oxygen can sometimes promote overgrowth of new blood vessels in the eye leading to blindness. This phenomenon is known as retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). [citation needed]