PEDIATRICS: ASTHMA EXAM AND
ANSWERS.
What is the first level of classification of asthma in children? (x) - Answers-intermittent
How many days per week do daytime symptoms occur for patients with intermittent
asthma? (<>#) - Answers-<2
What is the second level of classification of asthma in children? (x x) - Answers-mild
persistent
How many days per week do daytime symptoms occur for patients with mild persistent
asthma? (<>#) - Answers->2
What is the third level of classification of asthma in children? (x x) - Answers-moderate
persistent
How many days per week do daytime symptoms occur for patients with moderate
persistent asthma? (#) - Answers-7 (daily)
What is the fourth level of classification of asthma in children? (x x) - Answers-severe
persistent
How many nights per week for ages 0-4 with severe persistent asthma are night time
symptoms present? (<>#) - Answers->1
How many nights per week, for ages 5 and older, with severe persistent asthma, are
night time symptoms present? (#) - Answers-7 (nightly)
For children with intermittent asthma, what percentage of a non-asthmatic PEFR is their
PEFR less than or equal to? (xx%) - Answers-80% (<=80%)
For children with mild persistent asthma, what percentage of a non-asthmatic PEFR is
their PEFR greater than or equal to? (xx%) - Answers-80% (>=80%)
For children with moderate persistent asthma, what percentage range of a non-
asthmatic PEFR is their PEFR equal to? (xx%-xx%) - Answers-60%-80%
For children with severe persistent asthma, what percentage of a non-asthmatic PEFR
is their PEFR less than? (xx%) - Answers-60% (<60%)
How many days per week do children with intermittent asthma need to use their rescue
inhaler (such as albuterol)? (<x) - Answers-<2
, How many days per week do children with mild persistent asthma need to use their
rescue inhaler (such as albuterol)? (>x) - Answers->2
How often do children with moderate persistent asthma need to use their rescue inhaler
(such as albuterol)? (x) - Answers-daily
How often per day do children with severe persistent asthma need to use their rescue
inhaler (such as albuterol)? (x x) - Answers-several times
What two times of day are children with asthma most likely to experience symptoms? (x,
x) - Answers-morning, night
Which racial group is asthma prevalence increasing for, more than any other, in the
US? - Answers-african americans
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. (true or false) - Answers-true
An important etiological factor r/t developing asthma is a genetic predisposition for the
development of an IgE mediated response to common airborne allergens. What is this
called? (x) - Answers-atopy
What percentage range of children have no evidence of allergic disease? (xx%-xx%) -
Answers-20%-40%
Which viral respiratory pathogen plays a significant etiological role in development of
asthma in children? - Answers-RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)
Aspirin can precipitate an asthma exacerbation in children. (true or false) - Answers-true
What type of food group is commonly an asthma trigger? (x) - Answers-dairy
The physiological pathway involved in asthma begins with 1. inflammatory response to
stimuli, 2. airway edema with mucous secretion, 3. bronchiole spasm, and 4... (x x) -
Answers-airway remodeling
Upon inspiration the bronchi normally ______ on inspiration and ______ on expiraton.
(x, x) - Answers-dilate, contract
The increased effort to inspire during respiration during an asthma attack causes a
further increased need for ____. (x) - Answers-oxygen
With severe asthmatic airway obstruction there is reduced ventilation, ______ retention,
hypoxemia, respiratory _______, and respiratory failure. (x, x) - Answers-CO2, acidosis
This percentage range of personal best PEFR indicates that asthma is well controlled
and is color coded "green". (xx%-xxx%) - Answers-80%-100%
ANSWERS.
What is the first level of classification of asthma in children? (x) - Answers-intermittent
How many days per week do daytime symptoms occur for patients with intermittent
asthma? (<>#) - Answers-<2
What is the second level of classification of asthma in children? (x x) - Answers-mild
persistent
How many days per week do daytime symptoms occur for patients with mild persistent
asthma? (<>#) - Answers->2
What is the third level of classification of asthma in children? (x x) - Answers-moderate
persistent
How many days per week do daytime symptoms occur for patients with moderate
persistent asthma? (#) - Answers-7 (daily)
What is the fourth level of classification of asthma in children? (x x) - Answers-severe
persistent
How many nights per week for ages 0-4 with severe persistent asthma are night time
symptoms present? (<>#) - Answers->1
How many nights per week, for ages 5 and older, with severe persistent asthma, are
night time symptoms present? (#) - Answers-7 (nightly)
For children with intermittent asthma, what percentage of a non-asthmatic PEFR is their
PEFR less than or equal to? (xx%) - Answers-80% (<=80%)
For children with mild persistent asthma, what percentage of a non-asthmatic PEFR is
their PEFR greater than or equal to? (xx%) - Answers-80% (>=80%)
For children with moderate persistent asthma, what percentage range of a non-
asthmatic PEFR is their PEFR equal to? (xx%-xx%) - Answers-60%-80%
For children with severe persistent asthma, what percentage of a non-asthmatic PEFR
is their PEFR less than? (xx%) - Answers-60% (<60%)
How many days per week do children with intermittent asthma need to use their rescue
inhaler (such as albuterol)? (<x) - Answers-<2
, How many days per week do children with mild persistent asthma need to use their
rescue inhaler (such as albuterol)? (>x) - Answers->2
How often do children with moderate persistent asthma need to use their rescue inhaler
(such as albuterol)? (x) - Answers-daily
How often per day do children with severe persistent asthma need to use their rescue
inhaler (such as albuterol)? (x x) - Answers-several times
What two times of day are children with asthma most likely to experience symptoms? (x,
x) - Answers-morning, night
Which racial group is asthma prevalence increasing for, more than any other, in the
US? - Answers-african americans
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. (true or false) - Answers-true
An important etiological factor r/t developing asthma is a genetic predisposition for the
development of an IgE mediated response to common airborne allergens. What is this
called? (x) - Answers-atopy
What percentage range of children have no evidence of allergic disease? (xx%-xx%) -
Answers-20%-40%
Which viral respiratory pathogen plays a significant etiological role in development of
asthma in children? - Answers-RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)
Aspirin can precipitate an asthma exacerbation in children. (true or false) - Answers-true
What type of food group is commonly an asthma trigger? (x) - Answers-dairy
The physiological pathway involved in asthma begins with 1. inflammatory response to
stimuli, 2. airway edema with mucous secretion, 3. bronchiole spasm, and 4... (x x) -
Answers-airway remodeling
Upon inspiration the bronchi normally ______ on inspiration and ______ on expiraton.
(x, x) - Answers-dilate, contract
The increased effort to inspire during respiration during an asthma attack causes a
further increased need for ____. (x) - Answers-oxygen
With severe asthmatic airway obstruction there is reduced ventilation, ______ retention,
hypoxemia, respiratory _______, and respiratory failure. (x, x) - Answers-CO2, acidosis
This percentage range of personal best PEFR indicates that asthma is well controlled
and is color coded "green". (xx%-xxx%) - Answers-80%-100%
