ABFM KSA ASTHMA Questions And Answers Verified 100% Correct

ABFM KSA ASTHMA Questions And Answers Verified 100% Correct PT WITH ASTHMA LIKE SX + RHINITIS + NASAL POLYPS TOW - ANSWER -ASPIRIN INDUCED ASTHMA WHICH NSAID CAN BE USED INSTEAD OF ASPIRIN IN PT WITH ASPIRIN INDUCED ASTHMA - ANSWER -SALSALATE CAN ALSO USE TYLENOL PT ADMITTED FOR ASTHMA EXACERBATION According to National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines, hospital discharge can be considered in this patient = once the peak flow rate rises above a threshold of - ANSWER -420 In patients with inadequately controlled asthma, OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT OF WHAT OTHER COMORBIDITIES CAN HELP GET BETTER CONTROL OF ASTHMA - ANSWER -GERD ALLERGIC RHINITIS OSA ALLERGIC bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ARE USE OF ICS SAFE FOR PREGNANT PTS WITH ASTHMA - ANSWER -YES Long-acting inhaled β-agonists are less likely to be effective in which one of the following ethnic groups? - ANSWER -AFRICAN AMERICANS USE OF LABA INHALERS (salmeterol etc) HAVE HIGH RISK OF WHAT - ANSWER -severe asthma exacerbations NEVER PRESCRIBE MONOTHERAPY OF LABA INHALERS SHOULD ALWAYS BE USED WITH OTHER INHALERS LIKE ICS Chronic low- to medium-dose inhaled corticosteroid use in children is associated with - ANSWER -NO LONGTERM ADVERSE AFFECT WRONG ANS= B) a significant reduction in bone mineral density Symptoms suggesting that respiratory arrest may be imminent in patients with a severe asthma exacerbatioN INCLUDE - ANSWER -LACK OF WHEEZING BRADYCARDIA LOSS OF pulsus paradoxus due to respiratory muscle fatigue. PT HAS STAGE 1= MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA NO NIGHT TIME SX USES ALBUTEROL 1X/WEEK ONLY BUT HAS HISTORY OF ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS OVER PAST YR THAT WERE TX AT URGENT CARE WHAT INHALERS SHOULD THIS PT BE ON - ANSWER -ALTHOUGH PT HAS STAGE 1= MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA --WHICH USUALLY IS JUST SABA FOR TX BUT DUE TO MULTIPLE EXACERBATIONS OF ASTHMA, TX THIS AS STAGE 2- mild persistent asthma = SABA + ICS WHAT SHOULD be considered in patients with severe asthma = refractory to treatment - ANSWER -allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Diagnostic criteria = serum IgG to Aspergillus associated with central bronchiectasis on high-resolution chest CT Omalizumab=antibody directed against circulating IgE. IS USED TO TX WHAT - ANSWER -IgE-mediated allergy = TRIGGER FOR ASTHMA PT WITH COPD OR ASTHMA WHICH CARDIAC STRESS TEST SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN THESE PTS - ANSWER -Adenosine OR Dipyridamole=can cause severe bronchospasm STRESS TEST WRONG ANS = DOBUTAMINE ECHO, EXERCISE STRESS TEST