Adult airway disease

Question 1

Airway obstruction is either what?

Answer 1

1. Reversible or irreversible

Question 2

Which is worse inspiration or expiration in lower airway obstruction?

Answer 2

1. Expiration, patients can get air in, they are not able to get the air out.

Question 3

Air flow reversibility is defined as what?

Answer 3

1. A >15% increase in FEV1

Question 4

What is the treatment to test for reversibility lung disease?

Answer 4

1. Give Salbutamol

2. Corticosteroids

Question 5

Which of the following changes in lung function testing is seen in lower airway obstructive processes?

Answer 5

Reduced FEV1 and FVC with a ratio of FEV1 / FVC of less than 70%

Question 6

Which of the following lung volumes will increase significantly when air trapping occurs in the lungs of patients with asthma?

Answer 6

Residual volume

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT part of the clinical definition of reversible asthma?

Answer 7

Increase in the residual volume by 100 ml after bronchodilator administration

Question 8

Which of the following is the treatment for simple reversible asthma?

Answer 8

Inhaled short acting beta agonists

Question 9

TH2 is what type of cell mediated asthma?

Answer 9

1. CD4 cell mediated allergic response to inhaled antigens

Question 10

Th17 is what type of cell mediated asthma?

Answer 10

1. CD cell mediated immunity

Question 11

Which gene polymorphism can cause a predisposition towards asthma?

Answer 11

ADAM 33

Question 12

Which of the following immunoglobulins are usually elevated when measured in patients with asthma?

Answer 12

IgE