Week 2 PULM Diagnostic Quiz

Question 1 18 / 20 pts M.K. is a 30-year-old female asthmatic patient. She is 5’5’’. She is healthy otherwise without any complaints. She is taking albuterol PRN 2 times per week usually. a. What is her normal predicted average peak flow rate? b. She used a peak flow meter in your clinic and got 400. Is this normal? Would you want to change her asthma medication? If so, how? c. 3 months later, she came to your clinic and used a peak flow meter and got 300? Is that normal? Would you want to change her asthma medication? If so, how? d. 6 months later, she came to your clinic and used a peak flow meter and got 150. She also states she has been using the albuterol more often, about once per day. Is this normal? Would you want to change her asthma medication? If so, how?