S6 L2 Asthma Flashcards
1
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Asthma:
- Definition
- Disease of…
- Reversible or not?
- Problem specifically with…
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2
Q
Why is it important?
- How common?
- Who gets asthma?
- Severity?
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3
Q
Pathophysiology
- 1st exposure
- Re exposure
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Initially a type 1 hypersensitivity reaction (‘allergic asthma’)
4
Q
What happens in asthma (end result)?
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5
Q
Signs and symptoms of Asthma
- History
- Precipitating factors
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6
Q
How is asthma diagnosed?
- Method
- Graph
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7
Q
How is asthma diagnosed
- Ratio…
- Key terminology
- Graph compared to normal (non-asthmatic)
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8
Q
Asthma vs COPD
- Compare these
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9
Q
Asthma vs COPD
- Talk about reversibility
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10
Q
How is asthma managed?
- 3 probabilities to think about…
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11
Q
Asthma mangement:
- Primary prevention
- Secondary prevention
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12
Q
Stepwise management: Adults
- There are specific guidelines about this, need to learn these in phase 2
- There are also different guidlelines in children, will learn more about this in phase 2
But for now…
- Step 1
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13
Q
Stepwise management:
- Step 2
- Step 3
- Step 4
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14
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15
Q
How to recognise:
- Acute severe asthma
- Life threatening asthma
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16
Q
Test understanding:
- Pic on this slide is results of acute asthma… and underneath it is the results of acute asthma 1 hour later, thought about the change in results?
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17
Q
How is asthma managed?
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