CMN 568 EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● SABA - Define and describe
Answer: Short-Acting Beta Agonist
Examples: Albuterol
●● LABA - Define and describe
Answer: Long-Acting Beta Agonist.
Example: Salmeterol (Advair), Formoterol
NEVER USE ALONE IN TX FOR ASTHMA! (Associated with
increased deaths.) Always use with ICS!
●● LTRA - Define and describe
Answer: LeukoTriene Receptor Agonist
Example: Montelukast (Singulair)
●● LAMA - Define and describe
Answer: Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonists
EXAMPLE: Tiatroprium
,●● SAMA - Define and describe
Answer: Short-Acting Muscarinic Antagonists
EXAMPLE: ipratroprium
●● PFT - Define and describe
Answer: PFT: pulmonary function test
●● PEF - Define and describe
Answer: PEF: peak expiratory flow
●● FEV1 - Define and describe
Answer: Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second
When you take a deep breath and blow out as fast and hard as you can,
the volume of air you were able to blow out in 1 second is your FEV1.
●● MDI - Define and describe
Answer: MDI: multi-dose inhaler
●● DPI - Define and describe
Answer: DPI: dry powder inhaler
, ●● COPD - Define and describe
Answer: COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
●● GOLD - Define and describe
Answer: Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease -- Tool for
classifying severity of COPD
●● ABX for COPD patients
Answer: azithromycin and moxifloxicin are important ones for pts who
have frequent exacerbations
page 266 in McPhee
●● In the GOLD reference for COPD on page 6, it gives
recommendations for medications. For a pt in the B category it says the
recommend a LABA or LA anticholinergic. Are we supposed to give the
LABA without a combo of ICS?
Answer: LABA can be used alone in COPD, but not asthma. If you read
on page 265 in McPhee, it references that there are no increases in
exacerbations and mortality as seen in asthma patients when salmeterol
is used alone. That being said, combination drugs are often more
effective than regimens of single drugs. Also, ICS alone should not be
considered first line therapy for stable COPD. Just remember COPD and
asthma use similar drugs but aren't treated the same.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● SABA - Define and describe
Answer: Short-Acting Beta Agonist
Examples: Albuterol
●● LABA - Define and describe
Answer: Long-Acting Beta Agonist.
Example: Salmeterol (Advair), Formoterol
NEVER USE ALONE IN TX FOR ASTHMA! (Associated with
increased deaths.) Always use with ICS!
●● LTRA - Define and describe
Answer: LeukoTriene Receptor Agonist
Example: Montelukast (Singulair)
●● LAMA - Define and describe
Answer: Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonists
EXAMPLE: Tiatroprium
,●● SAMA - Define and describe
Answer: Short-Acting Muscarinic Antagonists
EXAMPLE: ipratroprium
●● PFT - Define and describe
Answer: PFT: pulmonary function test
●● PEF - Define and describe
Answer: PEF: peak expiratory flow
●● FEV1 - Define and describe
Answer: Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second
When you take a deep breath and blow out as fast and hard as you can,
the volume of air you were able to blow out in 1 second is your FEV1.
●● MDI - Define and describe
Answer: MDI: multi-dose inhaler
●● DPI - Define and describe
Answer: DPI: dry powder inhaler
, ●● COPD - Define and describe
Answer: COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
●● GOLD - Define and describe
Answer: Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease -- Tool for
classifying severity of COPD
●● ABX for COPD patients
Answer: azithromycin and moxifloxicin are important ones for pts who
have frequent exacerbations
page 266 in McPhee
●● In the GOLD reference for COPD on page 6, it gives
recommendations for medications. For a pt in the B category it says the
recommend a LABA or LA anticholinergic. Are we supposed to give the
LABA without a combo of ICS?
Answer: LABA can be used alone in COPD, but not asthma. If you read
on page 265 in McPhee, it references that there are no increases in
exacerbations and mortality as seen in asthma patients when salmeterol
is used alone. That being said, combination drugs are often more
effective than regimens of single drugs. Also, ICS alone should not be
considered first line therapy for stable COPD. Just remember COPD and
asthma use similar drugs but aren't treated the same.
