N316a Exam 3 Review 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Corresponding Answers
with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
Acute Sinusitis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Infection of the sinuses
Often due to URI or allergy
(viral: 5 to 7 days)
(bacterial: up to 4 weeks)
How long does sinusitis have to last for to be considered chronic sinusitis?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔more than 12 weeks
Sinusitis S/S - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔HA, pain over sinus areas, fatigue, nasal
obstruction, purulent nasal discharge
Sinusitis Dx & Tx - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dx: transillumination of the sinuses by
pen light
Tx: antimicrobial agents (antibiotics), decongestants, saline sprays, heated
mists
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,Acute Rhinitis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Inflammation and irritation of nasal mucosa
(aka: common cold)
* Viral: rhinovirus and other viruses; nasal mucosa and tubrinates are red;
yellow or green discharge, high lymphocyte levels
*Allergies: nasal mucosa & turbinates are gray; clear nasal discharge;
eosinophil levels are high
Topical Nasal Decongestants - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Decrease the
overproduction of secretions by causing local vasoconstriction to the upper
respiratory tracts
(used for sinusitis & rhinitis)
* make it easier to breathe
e.g., oxymetazoline (Afrin), Phenylephrine (Coricidin), Tetrahydrozoline
(Tyzine), Xylometazoline (Otrivin)
Actions of Topical Nasal Decongestants - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔sympathomimetic, affects sympathetic nervous system to cause
vasoconstriction, causing less inflammation and edema of the nasal
membrane
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, Indications: Topical Nasal Decongestants - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔relieve the
discomfort of nasal congestion that accompanies the common cold (acute
rhinitis), sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis
Asthma - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- hyperreactive airway disease of bronchioles
- reversible airway constriction
- each attack leads to inflammatory changes (bronchial remodeling)
- different etiologies, multifactorial genetics [allergies (most common),
occupational exposure, viral infections, GERD (especially nocturnal
asthma), exercise-induced]
Asthma Classifications: Mild intermittent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- symptoms
occur fewer than 2 times a week, attacks are brief
- FEV1 greater than 80% of normal during asthma attacks
Asthma Classifications: Mild persistent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- symptoms are
occurring more than twice a week, but not as often as daily
- FEV1 greater than or equal to 80% of normal during asthma attacks
Asthma Classifications: Moderate persistent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- daily
symptoms, quick-relief inhaler daily
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Questions and Corresponding Answers
with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
Acute Sinusitis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Infection of the sinuses
Often due to URI or allergy
(viral: 5 to 7 days)
(bacterial: up to 4 weeks)
How long does sinusitis have to last for to be considered chronic sinusitis?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔more than 12 weeks
Sinusitis S/S - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔HA, pain over sinus areas, fatigue, nasal
obstruction, purulent nasal discharge
Sinusitis Dx & Tx - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dx: transillumination of the sinuses by
pen light
Tx: antimicrobial agents (antibiotics), decongestants, saline sprays, heated
mists
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,Acute Rhinitis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Inflammation and irritation of nasal mucosa
(aka: common cold)
* Viral: rhinovirus and other viruses; nasal mucosa and tubrinates are red;
yellow or green discharge, high lymphocyte levels
*Allergies: nasal mucosa & turbinates are gray; clear nasal discharge;
eosinophil levels are high
Topical Nasal Decongestants - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Decrease the
overproduction of secretions by causing local vasoconstriction to the upper
respiratory tracts
(used for sinusitis & rhinitis)
* make it easier to breathe
e.g., oxymetazoline (Afrin), Phenylephrine (Coricidin), Tetrahydrozoline
(Tyzine), Xylometazoline (Otrivin)
Actions of Topical Nasal Decongestants - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔sympathomimetic, affects sympathetic nervous system to cause
vasoconstriction, causing less inflammation and edema of the nasal
membrane
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, Indications: Topical Nasal Decongestants - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔relieve the
discomfort of nasal congestion that accompanies the common cold (acute
rhinitis), sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis
Asthma - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- hyperreactive airway disease of bronchioles
- reversible airway constriction
- each attack leads to inflammatory changes (bronchial remodeling)
- different etiologies, multifactorial genetics [allergies (most common),
occupational exposure, viral infections, GERD (especially nocturnal
asthma), exercise-induced]
Asthma Classifications: Mild intermittent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- symptoms
occur fewer than 2 times a week, attacks are brief
- FEV1 greater than 80% of normal during asthma attacks
Asthma Classifications: Mild persistent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- symptoms are
occurring more than twice a week, but not as often as daily
- FEV1 greater than or equal to 80% of normal during asthma attacks
Asthma Classifications: Moderate persistent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- daily
symptoms, quick-relief inhaler daily
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