A 70-year-old smoker with a 50 pack-year smoking history is currently using a daily disk inhaler that delivers salmeterol and fluticasone.
In addition, she has been recently discharged from the hospital for a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation and is being tapered off her 2-week course of oral prednisone. At one point, heophylline was added to her regimen during the inpatient stay and she was sent home with a prescription for supplemental oxygen to be delivered for 12 hours during the night. Which of the agents that this patient is currently taking has been shown to decrease overall mortality in patients with COPD?
(A) Inhaled glucocorticoids
(B) Salmeterol
(C) Supplemental oxygen
(D) Theophylline
In addition, she has been recently discharged from the hospital for a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation and is being tapered off her 2-week course of oral prednisone. At one point, heophylline was added to her regimen during the inpatient stay and she was sent home with a prescription for supplemental oxygen to be delivered for 12 hours during the night. Which of the agents that this patient is currently taking has been shown to decrease overall mortality in patients with COPD?
(A) Inhaled glucocorticoids
(B) Salmeterol
(C) Supplemental oxygen
(D) Theophylline