ACCP SEEK 23 SET 7

Question 1

AERD (ASA EXACERBATED RESPIRATORY DISEASE)

Answer 1

TREATMENT IS DESENSITIZATION FOLLOWED BY DAILY ASA.

DESPITE PRIOR ASA INDUCED SXS, INCLUDING ANAPHYLAXIS, PT CAN BENEFIT FROM DESENSITIZATiON

Question 2

ASA DESENSITIZATON

Answer 2

30MG EVERY 3 HOURS.

RESTART PROVOCATIVE DOSE THE NEXT DAY

Question 3

COLD AGGLUTININ ASSOCIATED HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA

Answer 3

ASSOCIATED WITH MYCOPLASMA
QUINOLONES GOOD TX
HIGH LDH, HIGH CONJUGATED BILI

Question 4

HOME SLEEP TEST VS PSG

Answer 4

HST UNDERESTIMATES OSA

CANNOT CAPTURE TIME OF SLEEP

Question 5

CASE CONTROL STUDY

Answer 5

INVOLVES 2 EXISTING GROUPS WITH VARYING OUTCOMES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AND RETROSPECTIVELY COMPARED.

CASE CONTROL STUDIES COMPARE SUBJECTS WHO HAVE THE DISEASE (CASES) WITH THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE DISEASE BUT ARE SIMILAR (CONTROLS)

Question 6

COHORT STUDIES

Answer 6

FOLLOWS ONE OR MORES SAMPLES (COHORTS) PROSPECTIVELY AND THEN STATUS EVALUATIONS TO DETERMINE WHICH INITIAL RISK FACTORS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISEASE OR OUTCOME.

Question 7

HIT

Answer 7

> 50% DROP 5-10 DAYS AFTER HEPARIN
MEDIATED BY AB AGAINST HEPARIN PLATELET FACTOR IV COMPLEX
USE DIRECT THROMBIN INHIBITOR LIKE ARGATROBAN

Question 8

SPUTUM EOSINOPHIL COUNTS IN MODERATE TO SEVERE ASTHMA

Answer 8

CAN REDUCE EXACERBATIONS,

ADJUST THE DOSE OF ICS