Acute severe asthma
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1. Asthma: Chronic respiratory disorders
usually starts in childhood, characterized by airflow limitation, airway hyper-responsiveness, and bronchial-inflamma-
tion.
2. paroxysmal attacks of wheeze, cough and shortness of breath,
often worse at night.: Asthma manifsted clinically as
3. Atopic asthma: occurs in childhood and is accompanied by other atopic diseases like eczema, this patient is
mostly hyperresponsive to a wide range of stimuli and we can find it through antibody-serum blood tests
4. Adulthood asthma: Late onset, non-atopic & intrinsic
5. Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR): measure of the fastest flow of exhaled air after a maximal
inspiration
6. - diagnose asthma,
- monitor exacerbations
- monitor response to treatment.: PEFR is mainly used to
7. Confirm the diagnosis of asthma: greater than 15% improvement in FEV1 or PEFR following
inhalation of a bronchodilator (reject\ confirm) diagnosis of asthma
8. during an acute episode or in chronic severe disease.: In case of asthma, overinflation on
chest x-ray is seen in?
9. Diagnostic tests of asthma: - Allergen provocation tests.
- Skin tests.
- Exercise tests.
- Histamine or methacholine bronchial provocation test.
10. Short acting beta 2 agonists: Salbutamol and terbutaline are
11. Inhaled Corticosteroids: Beclometasone and fluticasone are
12. LABAs (long acting beta 2 agonists): If low-dose ICS are not effective, add?
13. acute severe asthma: An exacerbation of asthma that has not been controlled by the use of standard
medication.
14. Criteria of acute sever asthma: - an inability to complete a sentence in one breath
- respiratory rate of e
25 breaths/min - tachycardia of e110 b.p.m.
- PEFR of 33-50%
15. Criteria of Life-threatening Attacks: - silent chest
- exhaustion or altered level of
consciousness
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hulvbl
1. Asthma: Chronic respiratory disorders
usually starts in childhood, characterized by airflow limitation, airway hyper-responsiveness, and bronchial-inflamma-
tion.
2. paroxysmal attacks of wheeze, cough and shortness of breath,
often worse at night.: Asthma manifsted clinically as
3. Atopic asthma: occurs in childhood and is accompanied by other atopic diseases like eczema, this patient is
mostly hyperresponsive to a wide range of stimuli and we can find it through antibody-serum blood tests
4. Adulthood asthma: Late onset, non-atopic & intrinsic
5. Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR): measure of the fastest flow of exhaled air after a maximal
inspiration
6. - diagnose asthma,
- monitor exacerbations
- monitor response to treatment.: PEFR is mainly used to
7. Confirm the diagnosis of asthma: greater than 15% improvement in FEV1 or PEFR following
inhalation of a bronchodilator (reject\ confirm) diagnosis of asthma
8. during an acute episode or in chronic severe disease.: In case of asthma, overinflation on
chest x-ray is seen in?
9. Diagnostic tests of asthma: - Allergen provocation tests.
- Skin tests.
- Exercise tests.
- Histamine or methacholine bronchial provocation test.
10. Short acting beta 2 agonists: Salbutamol and terbutaline are
11. Inhaled Corticosteroids: Beclometasone and fluticasone are
12. LABAs (long acting beta 2 agonists): If low-dose ICS are not effective, add?
13. acute severe asthma: An exacerbation of asthma that has not been controlled by the use of standard
medication.
14. Criteria of acute sever asthma: - an inability to complete a sentence in one breath
- respiratory rate of e
25 breaths/min - tachycardia of e110 b.p.m.
- PEFR of 33-50%
15. Criteria of Life-threatening Attacks: - silent chest
- exhaustion or altered level of
consciousness
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