Asthma

Question 1

Are respiratory diseases

• Often preventable
• Often linked to environmental causes eg. air quality

Answer 1

Yes, Yes

Question 2

Do you need to know
-Five main respiratory conditions
-Current threats to respiratory global health 
2017 WHO statistics 
Australia 2015 data

Answer 2

YES

Question 3

Do you need to konw about the Hazelwood mine fire?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

Do you need to know about the health effects of

• Bushfire smoke
• Wood burning heaters
• Burning recycling
• Health of firefighters

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

Do you need to know about the factors influencing lung function

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

Spirometry: what are the 2 kinds of graph?

Answer 6

Volume-time graph

Flow-volume graph

Question 7

Volume-time graphs: what are 2 important metrics? Do these have different reference ranges based on sex, age and height?

Answer 7

Forced vital capacity

Forced expiratory volume in one second

Question 8

Flow volume graph: negative flow is ____, positive flow is ____

Answer 8

Inhale

Exhale

Question 9

Do you need to know how spirometry can differentiate between obstructive and restrictive disease?

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

Do you need to know about home testing for peak expiratory flow rate

• Reference values
• Diagnosis of asthma and COPD

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

Advantage of inhaled drug delivery?

Answer 11

Delivers lungs directly into lungs

Question 12

Do you need to know the factors influencing inhaled drug delivery?

Answer 12

Yes

Question 13

Historically, what were the two classifications of asthma? Do you need to know about these?

Answer 13

Extrinsic/allergic asthma

Intrinsic/non allergic asthma

Question 14

What are the current classifications of asthma?

Do you need to know about these?

Answer 14

T2 type asthma
Non T2 type asthma
Yes

Question 15

Do you need to know about the normal response to allergin, versus intermediate phase and late phase responses of allergic asthma?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

Do you need to know how the following lead to lung SMC contraction:

• Ach, cys-LT, histamine
• Beta adrenoceptor agonists

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

What are the histological features of asthma?

Answer 17

Mucus
Basement membrane thickening/fibrosis
SMC hypertrophy/plasia

Question 18

Do you need to know the stages of asthma pathogenesis?

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

Do you need to know about asthma diagnosis?

Answer 19

Yes

Question 20

Do you need to know about the levels of asthma treatment?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

Do you need to know what the relievers are?

Answer 21

Yes

Question 22

Do you need to know about SABAs, SAMAs and LAMAs?

Answer 22

Yes

Question 23

Do you need to know about preventers/controllers?

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

Do you need to know mechanism of action of 
LAMAs
Inhaled corticosteroids 
Leukotriene receptor antagonists
Omalizumab
Mepolizumab

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

Do you need to know about

• Bronchial thermoplasty
• Treating life threatening acute asthma
• Asthma vs COPD treatments

Answer 25

Yes

Question 26

Do you need to know about Asthma stats in Australia?

Answer 26

Yes

Question 27

Do you need to know about thunderstorm asthma risk factors and epidemiology?

Answer 27

Yes

Question 28

Do you need to know about the impact on asthma of

• Bushfires
• COVID19

Answer 28

Yes