ABFM KSA ACTUAL EXAMINATION TEST
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ PT HAS
STAGE 1= MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA
NO NIGHT TIME SX
USES ALBUTEROL 1X/WEEK ONLY
BUT HAS HISTORY OF
ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS OVER PAST YR THAT WERE TX AT
URGENT CARE
WHAT INHALERS SHOULD THIS PT BE ON
Answer: ALTHOUGH PT HAS
STAGE 1= MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA
--WHICH USUALLY IS JUST SABA FOR TX
BUT DUE TO MULTIPLE EXACERBATIONS OF ASTHMA,
TX THIS AS
STAGE 2- mild persistent asthma
, =
SABA
+
ICS
◉ WHAT SHOULD be considered in patients with
severe asthma
=
refractory to treatment
Answer: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Diagnostic criteria =
serum IgG to Aspergillus
associated with central bronchiectasis on high-resolution chest CT
◉ Omalizumab=antibody directed against circulating IgE.
IS USED TO TX WHAT
Answer: IgE-mediated allergy
=
TRIGGER FOR ASTHMA
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ PT HAS
STAGE 1= MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA
NO NIGHT TIME SX
USES ALBUTEROL 1X/WEEK ONLY
BUT HAS HISTORY OF
ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS OVER PAST YR THAT WERE TX AT
URGENT CARE
WHAT INHALERS SHOULD THIS PT BE ON
Answer: ALTHOUGH PT HAS
STAGE 1= MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA
--WHICH USUALLY IS JUST SABA FOR TX
BUT DUE TO MULTIPLE EXACERBATIONS OF ASTHMA,
TX THIS AS
STAGE 2- mild persistent asthma
, =
SABA
+
ICS
◉ WHAT SHOULD be considered in patients with
severe asthma
=
refractory to treatment
Answer: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Diagnostic criteria =
serum IgG to Aspergillus
associated with central bronchiectasis on high-resolution chest CT
◉ Omalizumab=antibody directed against circulating IgE.
IS USED TO TX WHAT
Answer: IgE-mediated allergy
=
TRIGGER FOR ASTHMA
