Respiratory Flashcards
What is classified as mild intermittent asthma severity?
Symptoms occur less than or equal to to two days per week or less than 2 nights per month. Exacerbations are brief.
What is classified as mild persistent asthma severity?
Symptoms occurring more than two times per week but less than one time per day. Or occurs less than two nights per month.
What is the classification for moderate persistent asthma severity?
Daily symptoms OR more than 3 to 4 nights per month.
What is the classification for severe persistent asthma?
Continual symptoms or frequent nighttime symptoms greater than 1 night per month
What is important to know about long acting beta agonist?
Long acting beta agonist can increase asthma related death and should never be used alone in the management of asthma.
Long acting beta agonist should only be used with what medication?
Long acting beta agonist should only be used with a concurrent long acting steroid.
Once asthma is controlled, how long should a provider wait to titrate down to the minimum dose for asthma regimen?
At least three months.
Name some medications are short acting bronchodilator’s a.k.a. SABAs ?
Albuterol, Ventolin, pro air, levalbuterol, Xopenex
Name some medication that are inhaled corticosteroid
Budesonide/Pulmicort, Ciclesonide,
Fluticasone propionate/Flovent HFA.
Name combination asthma med inhaled corticosteroids/long acting bronchodilator
Fluticasone – salmeterol/Advair, Mometasone-formoterol/dulera, fluticasone-vilanterol/breo, Budesonide-formoterol/symbicort 
Name some leukotriene blockers
Montelukast/singulair, zafirlukast/accolate, zileuton/zyflo 
Name some monoclonal antibodies anti-asthma medications
Omalizumab/xolair, mepolizumab/Nucala, reslizumab/cinqair, dupilumav/dupixent, 
Name a long acting bronchodilator
Salmeterol (serevent diskus) 
Name a long acting anticholinergic medication
Tiotropium (spiriva) 
Name a long acting anticholinergic medication for asthma
Tiotropium (spiriva)
Name a xanthine medication
Theophylline 
Name some oral systemic steroids for asthma
Methylprednisolone, prednisolone, prednisone
If you were exposed to Covid what is the CDC recommendation?
Quarantine for five days. The first date of your exposure is considered de zero.
What is the CDC recommendation after COVID-19 exposure, when it comes to getting tested?
Even if you don’t develop symptoms, get tested at least five days after your last had contact with someone with COVID-19.
After COVID-19 exposure, how many days should you watch for symptoms after your last contact with Covid exposure ?
10 days 
If you were exposed to Covid and are up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccination what is the quarantine recommendation?
No quarantine. You do not need to stay home unless you develop symptoms.
Even if you don’t develop symptoms get tested at least five days after your last contact with Covid
What are the quarantine and isolation recommendations for people who have been exposed to COVID-19 but had confirmed COVID-19 within the past 90 days?
No quarantine unless symptoms are present. Watch for symptoms until 10 days after last exposure.
The first day of symptoms or a positive virus test is what day of illness?
Day 0
If you have tested positive for Covid 19 or have symptoms regardless of vaccination status, what is the isolation requirement?
Isolate For at least five days
What is the condition of isolation after five days if you had symptoms of COVID 19?
End isolation after five days if you are fever free for 24 hours (meaning without use a fever reducing medication) and your symptoms are improving
If a patient is very sick from COVID-19 or has a weekend immune system how long should they isolate for?
They should isolate for 10 days.
Who does not need a quarantine? List 2
If you are up to date with your COVID 19 vaccines
Yeah confirm COVID-19 within the past 90 days with no current symptoms.
If you test positive and I are at home living with others that are not positive you should do what?
Wear a well fitted mask when you need to be around other people. Avoid contact with members of household and pets. Don’t share personal household items like cups, towels and utensils. Use separate bathroom if possible. Stay in a separate room from others.
If you have COVID-19 what is the recommendation for isolation quarantine and going out in public?
Isolate/quarantine for five days and wear a mask for five additional days in public places.
To assess control of asthma management you should assess for what?
Check adherence, inhaler technique, environmental factors, and comorbid conditions.
0-4yrs: What is an indication that there is a step up management needed in asthma?
Increasing use of a short acting beta agonist (SABA) that consists of use more than two times in a week for symptom relief indicated inadequate control
0-4yrs: If you need to step up in asthma management, you should reassess in how many weeks?
Reassess in 4-6 weeks
0-4yrs: If you need to step down in asthma management due to improving in condition, you should wait how many months?
If asthma is well-controlled for three consecutive months you should step down in management if possible
0-4yrs: Step three for children ages 0 to 4 years and asthma management includes a medium dose of an inhaled corticosteroid and a PRN Saba,
What else is important to do at the stage?
Consult asthma specialist
For ages 0 to 4 years old: What is an alternative first step to management and asthma?
Instead of the low-dose inhaled corticosteroid and PRN Saba. The patient can be put on a daily montelukast or cromolyn and use a Saba PRN
For children and adults ages 5 and up: if a step up approach is needed for the management of asthma how long should you reassess after changing?
If step up as needed, reassess and 2 to 6 weeks.
For ages 5 and up when should you consider consult with asthma patient? 
When they are on a daily and PRN combination of an inhaled corticosteroid and a LABA 
Ages 5+ and up, step 3-4 three in asthma management, the preferred o medication option is what?
In steps three and four, the preferred option includes the use of inhaled corticosteroid– formoterol (referred to as “single maintenance and reliever therapy” or “smart” ) 1-2 puffs as needed up to a maximum dose of total daily maintenance (rescue dose in adults-12, pedi 5-11 is 8 doses) 
What is the basic management and asthma as far as medications goes? List in order:
- Prn saba
- Inhaled corticosteroids
- LABA/ICS
- LAMA
Omalizumab asthma biological should be considered in which step of asthma management in ages 5-11?
Step 5&6 (last steps of management)
This is the only FDA approved asthma biological for this age group
Inhaled corticosteroids drugs end in what?
“One”
Example beclomethasone or fluticasone
LABAs end in what?
Long acting beta agonists
They end in “ol”
Salmeterol
Formeterol 
LAMAs end in what?
Long acting muscarinic antagonist 
End in “ium”
Tiotropium
In all patients older than five years old what should be done to determine airway obstruction is at least partially reversible?
Spirometry
What should you assess at each visit for asthma management?
Asthma control, proper medication technique, written action plan, patient adherence, patient concern
Which influenza vaccine is recommended for all patients order than six months of age that have asthma?
The inactivated influenza quadrivalent vaccine (iiv4) 
Live attenuated is contraindicated in these patients
For LABAs, daily use of salmeterol should not exceed how much mcg? 
Remember these should always be given with an ICS
Should not exceed 100mcg
For LABAs, daily use of formoterol should generally not exceed how many mcg?
Remember these should always be given with an ICS
24 mcg
List 4 risk factors for COPD
Host factors, tobacco, occupation, indoor/outdoor pollution
What are the three common symptoms associated with COPD?
Shortness of breath, chronic cough, and sputum
What is required to diagnose COPD?
What lung test
Spirometry
List two factors related to a family history of COPD and or childhood factors Associated with COPD
Low birthweight and childhood respiratory infections
Other causes for chronic cough, intrathoracic. List some diseases associated
Asthma, lung cancer, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, left heart failure, cystic fibrosis
list other causes for a chronic cough, that are extrathoracic.
Chronic allergic Granados, postnasal drip syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease, medication (Such as ACE inhibitors -lisinopril)
When doing bronchodilation spirometry, how many minutes after admin of a saba should the FEV1 be measured?
10 to 15 minutes
Spirometry measurements are evaluated by comparison of the results with appropriate reference values based on what four things?
Based on age, height, sex and race
I only get breathless with strenuous exercise,
Has a modified MRC score of one on the dyspnea scale?
Grade 0
I get short of breath when hurrying up on the level or walking up a slight hill, has a modified MRC score on the dyspnea scale?
Grade 1
I walk slower than people of the same age on the level because of breathlessness or I have to stop for breath from walking on my own pace on the level.
Has a modified MRC score of one on the dyspnea scale?
Grade 2
I stop for breath after walking about 100 m or after a few minutes on the level.
 Has a modified MRC score of one on the dyspnea scale?
Grade 3
I am too breathless to leave the house or I am breathless when dressing or undressing.
 Has a modified MRC score of one on the dyspnea scale?
Grade 4