MICA week 9 Flashcards
How do you dignose Asthma?
combination
History + test+ response to treatment
How do you diagnose
it
everyone should have spirometry and reversibility
6 weeks of treatment and then re do
how do you interpret the asthma results
What are other test you can do apart from spirometry
if someone is finding it difficult to use the inhaler
what woudl
what is the treatment for asthma
- SABA
- low dose ICS+ SABA
- low does Leukotriene antagonist (NOT LABA)
- ICS+SABA+ Leukotriene + LABA
How do you know if they are controlled? What do you ask them on a review
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what do you do in a subactute asthma flare up
acute asthma mangement
acute asthma management
what arethe symptoms and sign in pneumonia and broncitis
What is their management
bronchitis - viral -corizal symptoms -runny nose
pneumonia-
when do you admit a patient to hospital
what is the management of pneumonia
What are symptoms of COPD
Who has COPD
who would you suspect has copd
what are risk factors for COPD
smoking
passive smoking
maternal smoking in utero
occupation: dust, chemical, burns wood indoor
alpha one anti trypsine
premature
What are the investigations for COPD
what is the non pharamcological management of COPD
What is the management of COPD
steroid responsiveness
oesinophilia, history of Atopy (eczema, hay fever)
they go on a LABA and ICS
LTOT- lon term oxygen therapy on for more than 15 hours
what are symptomsof an exacerbation of COPD
whendo you admitsomeone with COPD
signsof sepsis
pneumonia -CURB65
confused
breathlessness
can not keep medication down
sats below 90
what is the manaement of acute copd
What are the symptoms of bronchiectasis
What is the pathology in bronchiectasis
congenital predispositions:
primary ciliarydyskinesias,cystic fibrosis
