14 Asthma Flashcards

1
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Define asthma

A

Chronic inflammation of small airways

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2
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How common is asthma?

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185 people hospitalised per day due to asthma- primarily paediatric

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3
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Outline the patholophysiology of asthma (ie what happens at a cellular/tissue level)?

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Type 1 hypersensitivity reaction

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4
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How does asthma present? (history and precipitating factors)

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5
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If you saw this pair of lungs in a patients notes, what do the musical notes denote?

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Musical notes= wheeze

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6
Q

Differentiate between the diagnosis of asthma vs COPD.

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7
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What is reversibility?

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Change in lung function tests following inhalation of bronchodilator

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8
Q

Management of asthma depends on the probability of a patient having asthma. Outline what manangement would be apporpriate for high, intermediate and low probabilities of a patient having asthma.

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9
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How can secondary prevention be used to help patients with asthma?

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10
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What medications are used to treat asthma? (inflammation and bronchospasm targets)

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11
Q

How would you recognise acute severe asthma and life threatening asthma?

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asthma increases a persons risk of pneuomothorax

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12
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How would you manage acute severe or life threatening asthma?

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13
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Useful info for acute severe and life threatening asthma.

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