ABFM KSA ASTHMA ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET
A+
✔✔Omalizumab=antibody directed against circulating IgE.
IS USED TO TX WHAT - ✔✔IgE-mediated allergy
=
TRIGGER FOR ASTHMA
✔✔PT WITH COPD OR ASTHMA
WHICH CARDIAC STRESS TEST SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN THESE PTS -
✔✔Adenosine OR Dipyridamole=can cause severe bronchospasm
STRESS TEST
WRONG ANS
=
DOBUTAMINE ECHO, EXERCISE STRESS TEST
✔✔most common side effect of
β2
-agonists IHALERS - ✔✔TREMORS
OTHER S.E. :
TACHYCARDIA
✔✔WHICH ELECTROLYTE ABNORMALITY CAN BE CAUSE BY
B2 AGONIST INHALERS - ✔✔HYPO-K-ALEMIA- pushes K into cells
✔✔how do B2 AGONIST INHALERS AFTER
BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS - ✔✔CAN CAUSE
HYPER-GLYCEMIA
✔✔PT WITH
H/O ocular herpes simplex
, WHICH ASTHMA MED SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN THIS PT
WHICH ASTHMA MED SHOULD BE GIVE - ✔✔AVOID= ICS= IF HISTORY OF ocular
herpes simplex
INSTEAD OF GIVING ICS
=
GIVE LK RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST
✔✔PT WITH
ALLERGIC RHINITIS
HAS MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA
NOT CONTROLLED WITH
SABA+ICS+LABA
WHAT MED CAN DOC ADD TO CONTROL ASTHMA - ✔✔LK RECEPTOR
ANTAGONIST
ADD THIS TO
CURRENT REGIMEN OF ICS+SABA+LABA
TO PT WITH
ALLERGIC -- ASTHMA
✔✔Airflow obstruction is defined as an FEV
1
/FVC ratio
70%. Airway reversibility is defined as
an increase in FEV
1
or FVC b - ✔✔
✔✔CLASSIFY STAGE OF ASTHMA
wheezing episodes 3-5 days per week and
nighttime awakenings no morethan 3 times a month. - ✔✔STAGE 2- mild persistent
asthma
✔✔most common ALLERGEN THAT INDUCES ASTHMA SX
IN
SPRING TIME - ✔✔TREE POLLEN
WRONG ANS= GRASS
A+
✔✔Omalizumab=antibody directed against circulating IgE.
IS USED TO TX WHAT - ✔✔IgE-mediated allergy
=
TRIGGER FOR ASTHMA
✔✔PT WITH COPD OR ASTHMA
WHICH CARDIAC STRESS TEST SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN THESE PTS -
✔✔Adenosine OR Dipyridamole=can cause severe bronchospasm
STRESS TEST
WRONG ANS
=
DOBUTAMINE ECHO, EXERCISE STRESS TEST
✔✔most common side effect of
β2
-agonists IHALERS - ✔✔TREMORS
OTHER S.E. :
TACHYCARDIA
✔✔WHICH ELECTROLYTE ABNORMALITY CAN BE CAUSE BY
B2 AGONIST INHALERS - ✔✔HYPO-K-ALEMIA- pushes K into cells
✔✔how do B2 AGONIST INHALERS AFTER
BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS - ✔✔CAN CAUSE
HYPER-GLYCEMIA
✔✔PT WITH
H/O ocular herpes simplex
, WHICH ASTHMA MED SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN THIS PT
WHICH ASTHMA MED SHOULD BE GIVE - ✔✔AVOID= ICS= IF HISTORY OF ocular
herpes simplex
INSTEAD OF GIVING ICS
=
GIVE LK RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST
✔✔PT WITH
ALLERGIC RHINITIS
HAS MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA
NOT CONTROLLED WITH
SABA+ICS+LABA
WHAT MED CAN DOC ADD TO CONTROL ASTHMA - ✔✔LK RECEPTOR
ANTAGONIST
ADD THIS TO
CURRENT REGIMEN OF ICS+SABA+LABA
TO PT WITH
ALLERGIC -- ASTHMA
✔✔Airflow obstruction is defined as an FEV
1
/FVC ratio
70%. Airway reversibility is defined as
an increase in FEV
1
or FVC b - ✔✔
✔✔CLASSIFY STAGE OF ASTHMA
wheezing episodes 3-5 days per week and
nighttime awakenings no morethan 3 times a month. - ✔✔STAGE 2- mild persistent
asthma
✔✔most common ALLERGEN THAT INDUCES ASTHMA SX
IN
SPRING TIME - ✔✔TREE POLLEN
WRONG ANS= GRASS
