Results of a patient’s pulmonary function test (PFT) show that the peak flow rate increased the most when she inhaled an aerosolized sympathomimetic agent and an aerosolized parasympatholytic agent. You would recommend that she be given:

Match the appropriate generic drug name to the correct trade name.

You are working the night shift when a 68-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is admitted through the emergency department. He has been given Combivent® and inhaled corticosteroids. The intern on call asks your recommendation for additional medication to give the patient. You would recommend:

Which of the following is a term used to describe an agent that produces the effect of acetylcholine or an agent that mimics acetylcholine?

You are administering an aerosolized bronchodilator to your patient. Her pretreatment pulse was 85 beats/min. You would stop the treatment if her pulse reached:

Is it appropriate to use formoterol as a rescue b-agonist bronchodilator?

Cholinergic stimulation produces which of the following effects?1. Bronchoconstriction2. Increased mucus secretion3. Miosis4. Decreased heart rate5. Salivation

On administering a dose of atropine to your patient, which of the following effects would you not expect to see?

Epinephrine stimulates which sites?1. a2. b13. b24. Cholinergic

Match the appropriate medication to the subgroup of adrenergic bronchodilators based on the differences in duration of action. Choices can be used more than once.