LRTI Flashcards
1
Q
How to treat CAP?
A
Oral antibiotics
2
Q
How to manage bronchiolitis?
A
O2 oxygen via nasal canula
3
Q
What causes whooping cough?
A
Bordetella pertussis
4
Q
What signs are of whooping cough?
A
Paroxysmal cough and vomiting
5
Q
How to diagnose?
A
Marked lymphocytosis via PCR or blood culture
6
Q
What is the viral episodic wheeze?
A
Triggered by URTI’s, resolves by age 5 and caused by maternal smoking, or family history of wheezing
7
Q
Investigations of asthma?
A
PEFR and Spirometry
8
Q
First line of asthma treatment?
A
SABA’s
9
Q
2nd and most effective line of asthma treatment?
A
LABA’s and inhaled ICS
10
Q
First line hospital treatment for acute asthma attack?
A
Oxygen, inhaled bronchodilators, and steroids
