Respiratory

Question 1

What is a PMDI?

Answer 1

Pressurised metered dose inhaler

Question 2

What type of inhaler can be used with a spacer?

Answer 2

PMDIs

Question 3

How should spacers be used?

Answer 3

Take long, slow breaths in and out through the spacer after administering the medication

Question 4

What is a DPI?

Answer 4

Dry powdered inhaler

Question 5

What DPI can be used in children >8 years old?

Answer 5

Turbohaler

Question 6

What DPI can be used in children >12 years old?

Answer 6

Accuhaler

Question 7

What do patients need to remember to do when taking a DPI?

Answer 7

Breathe hard and fast

Question 8

What should children admitted to hospital with viral wheeze receive?

Answer 8

Oral steroids

Question 9

What should patients with viral wheeze receive on discharge?

Answer 9

An inhaler plan for future episodes

Question 10

What is the first line medication for asthma in children?

Answer 10

Inhaled SABA

Question 11

What is the risk of CF if one parent is a carrier an the other has CF?

Answer 11

50% chance of CF
50% chance of being a carrier

Question 12

What is the risk of having CF if one patient has CF and the other is not a carrier?

Answer 12

100% risk of being a carrier

Question 13

What causes CF?

Answer 13

Faulty or defective CFTR channels

Question 14

What is a common first presentation of CF?

Answer 14

Meconium ileum

Question 15

What are you looking for in newborn screening of CF?

Answer 15

Raised IRT