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ABFM KSA ASTHMAPT HAS MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA
WAKES UP WITH NIGHT TIME SX
WEEKLY
WHAT MEDS SHOULD SHE BE ON - ANSMODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA
=
STAGE 3
=
3 MEDS
=
ALBUTEROL
ICS
+
LABA
PT SUSPECTED OF HAVING
EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA
Baseline pulmonary characteristic checking out famous an FEV1=
of three.1 L
IF PFT IS DONE AFTER EXERCISE
=
WHAT measurements OF FEV1 after exercising would help a prognosis ofexercise-triggered
bronchospasm? - ANSFEV1 <2.5
15% decrease in FEV1
after exercise is COMPATIBLE WITH DIAGNOSIS OF
EXERCISE INDUCE ASTHMA
Airflow obstruction is defined as an FEV1
/FVC ratio
LESS THAN
70%.
Airway REVERSIBILITY is defined as
an increase in FEV1 or FVC
=
BY HOW MUCH - ANS12%
WHICH ASTHMA MEDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BONE LOSS - ANSBOTH INHALED
, AND
ORAL
CORTICOSTEROIDS
WHAT IS
most common acid/base abnormality in the early stages
of an asthma exacerbation? - ANSRESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS
HYPERVENTILATION
=
LOW CO2= HIGH PH- ALKALOSIS
WHICH ASTHMA MEDICATION
=
most effective asthma agent
for preventing exacerbations, - ANSICS
WHAT IS TX OF CHOICE FOR
aspirin-induced asthma - ANSLEUKOTRIENCE INHIBITORS
=
Montelukast
PT WITH ASTHMA LIKE SX
+
RHINITIS
+
NASAL POLYPS
TOW - ANSASPIRIN INDUCED ASTHMA
WHICH NSAID CAN BE USED INSTEAD OF ASPIRIN
IN PT WITH
ASPIRIN INDUCED ASTHMA - ANSSALSALATE
CAN ALSO
USE
TYLENOL
PT ADMITTED FOR ASTHMA EXACERBATION
According to National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines, hospital
discharge can be considered in this patient
=
once the peak flow rate rises above a threshold
of - ANS>420
In patients with inadequately managed bronchial asthma,
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