Asthma Flashcards
Are respiratory diseases
- Often preventable
- Often linked to environmental causes eg. air quality
Yes, Yes
Do you need to know -Five main respiratory conditions -Current threats to respiratory global health 2017 WHO statistics Australia 2015 data
YES
Do you need to konw about the Hazelwood mine fire?
Yes
Do you need to know about the health effects of
- Bushfire smoke
- Wood burning heaters
- Burning recycling
- Health of firefighters
Yes
Do you need to know about the factors influencing lung function
Yes
Spirometry: what are the 2 kinds of graph?
Volume-time graph
Flow-volume graph
Volume-time graphs: what are 2 important metrics? Do these have different reference ranges based on sex, age and height?
Forced vital capacity
Forced expiratory volume in one second
Flow volume graph: negative flow is ____, positive flow is ____
Inhale
Exhale
Do you need to know how spirometry can differentiate between obstructive and restrictive disease?
Yes
Do you need to know about home testing for peak expiratory flow rate
- Reference values
- Diagnosis of asthma and COPD
Yes
Advantage of inhaled drug delivery?
Delivers lungs directly into lungs
Do you need to know the factors influencing inhaled drug delivery?
Yes
Historically, what were the two classifications of asthma? Do you need to know about these?
Extrinsic/allergic asthma
Intrinsic/non allergic asthma
What are the current classifications of asthma?
Do you need to know about these?
T2 type asthma
Non T2 type asthma
Yes
Do you need to know about the normal response to allergin, versus intermediate phase and late phase responses of allergic asthma?
Yes
Do you need to know how the following lead to lung SMC contraction:
- Ach, cys-LT, histamine
- Beta adrenoceptor agonists
Yes
What are the histological features of asthma?
Mucus
Basement membrane thickening/fibrosis
SMC hypertrophy/plasia
Do you need to know the stages of asthma pathogenesis?
Yes
Do you need to know about asthma diagnosis?
Yes
Do you need to know about the levels of asthma treatment?
Yes
Do you need to know what the relievers are?
Yes
Do you need to know about SABAs, SAMAs and LAMAs?
Yes
Do you need to know about preventers/controllers?
Yes
Do you need to know mechanism of action of LAMAs Inhaled corticosteroids Leukotriene receptor antagonists Omalizumab Mepolizumab
Yes
Do you need to know about
- Bronchial thermoplasty
- Treating life threatening acute asthma
- Asthma vs COPD treatments
Yes
Do you need to know about Asthma stats in Australia?
Yes
Do you need to know about thunderstorm asthma risk factors and epidemiology?
Yes
Do you need to know about the impact on asthma of
- Bushfires
- COVID19
Yes
