With Complete Solutions
- *Salty-tasting skin*
- Persistent cough, at times with phlegm
- *Frequent lung infections*
- Wheezing or SOB
- *Good appetite with poor growth and slow weight
gain*
- *Greasy, bulky stools; or difficulty in BM*
- Meconium ileus at birth
- End stages: cyanosis, nail-bed clubbing, CHF
Correct Answers cystic fibrosis signs and
symptoms
- Autosomal recessive disorder
Multisystem disorder:
- Lung insufficiency (most critical problem)
- Pancreatic insufficiency
- Reproductive issues
- *Increased loss of sodium and chloride in sweat*
Correct Answers cystic fibrosis
- can be given during each month of RSV season
- Reserved for children at high-risk Correct
Answers Palivizumab
- destruction of alveoli without fibrosis
, - Typically related to *alph-1 antitrypsin deficiency*
and cigarette smoke Correct Answers emphysema
- Management of mild or moderate asthma or
allergy-induced asthmatic reactions
- Acts as a antihistamine Correct Answers mast
cell stabilizers
- Not used in routine asthma management; except
for severe acute asthma attacks
- used more with COPD
- less effective than SABAs for asthma Correct
Answers anticholinergics
- the presence of cough and sputum production for
at least 3 months in each of 2 consecutive years
- Persistent airway edema, excessive mucous, and
impaired airway clearance
- Caused by repeated exposure to respiratory
irritants Correct Answers chronic bronchitis
*Highly contagious*
- Affects almost all children before age 2
- Typically presents as simple cold or
asymptomatic in those older than 2 without other
risk factors Correct Answers RSV
Anti-inflammatory given PO that will decrease the
frequency of COPD exacerbations Correct Answers
Rofumilast (Daliresp)