EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA

Course overview

EXERCISE-INDUCED BRONCHOCONSTRICTION (EIB) DESCRIBES A TRANSIENT AND REVERSIBLE CONTRACTION OF BRONCHIAL SMOOTH MUSCLE AFTER PHYSICAL EXERTION THAT MAY OR MAY NOT PRODUCE SYMPTOMS OF DYSPNEA, CHEST TIGHTNESS, WHEEZING, AND COUGH. THIS ACTIVITY OUTLINES THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF EIB AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN MANAGING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.