Asthma Flashcards

1
Q

Are respiratory diseases

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

Yes, Yes

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2
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Do you need to know
-Five main respiratory conditions
-Current threats to respiratory global health 
2017 WHO statistics 
Australia 2015 data
A

YES

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3
Q

Do you need to konw about the Hazelwood mine fire?

A

Yes

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4
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Do you need to know about the health effects of

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

Yes

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5
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Do you need to know about the factors influencing lung function

A

Yes

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6
Q

Spirometry: what are the 2 kinds of graph?

A

Volume-time graph

Flow-volume graph

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7
Q

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

A

Forced vital capacity

Forced expiratory volume in one second

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8
Q

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

A

Inhale

Exhale

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9
Q

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

A

Yes

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10
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Do you need to know about home testing for peak expiratory flow rate

  • Reference values
  • Diagnosis of asthma and COPD
A

Yes

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11
Q

Advantage of inhaled drug delivery?

A

Delivers lungs directly into lungs

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12
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Do you need to know the factors influencing inhaled drug delivery?

A

Yes

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13
Q

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

A

Extrinsic/allergic asthma

Intrinsic/non allergic asthma

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14
Q

What are the current classifications of asthma?

Do you need to know about these?

A

T2 type asthma
Non T2 type asthma
Yes

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15
Q

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

A

Yes

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16
Q

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

  • Ach, cys-LT, histamine
  • Beta adrenoceptor agonists
17
Q

What are the histological features of asthma?

A

Mucus
Basement membrane thickening/fibrosis
SMC hypertrophy/plasia

18
Q

Do you need to know the stages of asthma pathogenesis?

19
Q

Do you need to know about asthma diagnosis?

20
Q

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

21
Q

Do you need to know what the relievers are?

22
Q

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

23
Q

Do you need to know about preventers/controllers?

24
Q
Do you need to know mechanism of action of 
LAMAs
Inhaled corticosteroids 
Leukotriene receptor antagonists
Omalizumab
Mepolizumab
25
Do you need to know about - Bronchial thermoplasty - Treating life threatening acute asthma - Asthma vs COPD treatments
Yes
26
Do you need to know about Asthma stats in Australia?
Yes
27
Do you need to know about thunderstorm asthma risk factors and epidemiology?
Yes
28
Do you need to know about the impact on asthma of - Bushfires - COVID19
Yes