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ASTHMA KSA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST 2026/2027 GRADED A+ | 100% CORRECT.
Asthma: daily symptoms, daily SABA use, nocturnal symptoms >2x month -
correct answer - Moderate persistent asthma, FEV1 60-80%
Asthma: Continuous symptoms, limits activity, frequent nocturnal symptoms -
correct answer - Severe persistent, FEV1 <60%
Other causes of positive bronchoprovocation - correct answer - Emphysema
Bronchiectasis
Cystic fibrosis
8% of normal patients
Baseline FEV1 where bronchoprovocation is contraindicated - correct answer -
65%
Physical findings consistent with airway obstruction in a patient with
uncomplicated asthma - correct answer - Diffuse scattered experts wheeze
Prolonged exp time
Hyperresonance of the thorax to percussion
Distant breath sounds
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Adjunctive treatments to avoid intubation - correct answer - Intravenous
magnesium sulfate therapy Heliox-driven albuterol nebulization
Pulsus paradoxus cut off for impending respiratory failure - correct answer - < 30
mmHg
pCO2 cutoff for impending respiratory failure - correct answer - >42 mmHg
PEF in moderate asthma exacerbation - correct answer - 40-69%
Goal SpO2 in asthma exacerbation - correct answer - 90%
Syndrome of ASA induced asthma - correct answer - Rhinorrhea, nasal polyps,
sinusitis, conjunctival edema, and asthma following aspirin ingestion
Treatment of choice of ASA induced asthma - correct answer - Leukotriene
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ASTHMA KSA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST 2026/2027 GRADED A+ | 100% CORRECT.
Asthma: daily symptoms, daily SABA use, nocturnal symptoms >2x month -
correct answer - Moderate persistent asthma, FEV1 60-80%
Asthma: Continuous symptoms, limits activity, frequent nocturnal symptoms -
correct answer - Severe persistent, FEV1 <60%
Other causes of positive bronchoprovocation - correct answer - Emphysema
Bronchiectasis
Cystic fibrosis
8% of normal patients
Baseline FEV1 where bronchoprovocation is contraindicated - correct answer -
65%
Physical findings consistent with airway obstruction in a patient with
uncomplicated asthma - correct answer - Diffuse scattered experts wheeze
Prolonged exp time
Hyperresonance of the thorax to percussion
Distant breath sounds
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Adjunctive treatments to avoid intubation - correct answer - Intravenous
magnesium sulfate therapy Heliox-driven albuterol nebulization
Pulsus paradoxus cut off for impending respiratory failure - correct answer - < 30
mmHg
pCO2 cutoff for impending respiratory failure - correct answer - >42 mmHg
PEF in moderate asthma exacerbation - correct answer - 40-69%
Goal SpO2 in asthma exacerbation - correct answer - 90%
Syndrome of ASA induced asthma - correct answer - Rhinorrhea, nasal polyps,
sinusitis, conjunctival edema, and asthma following aspirin ingestion
Treatment of choice of ASA induced asthma - correct answer - Leukotriene
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