MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA
=
STAGE 3
PT HAS MODERATE =
PERSISTENT ASTHMA 3 MEDS
=
WAKES UP WITH NIGHT ALBUTEROL
TIME SX ICS
WEEKLY +
LABA
WHAT MEDS SHOULD
SHE BE ON
FEV1 <2.5
15% decrease in FEV1
after exercise is COMPATIBLE WITH DIAGNOSIS OF
EXERCISE INDUCE ASTHMA
PT SUSPECTED OF
HAVING
EXERCISE INDUCED
ASTHMA
Baseline pulmonary function
testing reveals an FEV1=
of 3.1 L
IF PFT IS DONE AFTER
EXERCISE
=
WHAT measurements OF
FEV1 after exercise would
support a diagnosis
ofexercise-induced
bronchospasm?
, 12%
Airflow obstruction is defined
as an FEV1
/FVC ratio
LESS THAN
70%.
Airway REVERSIBILITY is
defined as
an increase in FEV1 or FVC
=
BY HOW MUCH
BOTH INHALED
AND
WHICH ASTHMA MEDS ORAL
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
BONE LOSS CORTICOSTEROIDS
RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS
WHAT IS HYPERVENTILATION
most common acid/base =
abnormality in the early LOW CO2= HIGH PH- ALKALOSIS
stages
of an asthma exacerbation?
ICS
WHICH ASTHMA
MEDICATION
=
most effective asthma agent
for preventing exacerbations,
LEUKOTRIENCE INHIBITORS
WHAT IS TX OF CHOICE =
FOR Montelukast
aspirin-induced asthma
=
STAGE 3
PT HAS MODERATE =
PERSISTENT ASTHMA 3 MEDS
=
WAKES UP WITH NIGHT ALBUTEROL
TIME SX ICS
WEEKLY +
LABA
WHAT MEDS SHOULD
SHE BE ON
FEV1 <2.5
15% decrease in FEV1
after exercise is COMPATIBLE WITH DIAGNOSIS OF
EXERCISE INDUCE ASTHMA
PT SUSPECTED OF
HAVING
EXERCISE INDUCED
ASTHMA
Baseline pulmonary function
testing reveals an FEV1=
of 3.1 L
IF PFT IS DONE AFTER
EXERCISE
=
WHAT measurements OF
FEV1 after exercise would
support a diagnosis
ofexercise-induced
bronchospasm?
, 12%
Airflow obstruction is defined
as an FEV1
/FVC ratio
LESS THAN
70%.
Airway REVERSIBILITY is
defined as
an increase in FEV1 or FVC
=
BY HOW MUCH
BOTH INHALED
AND
WHICH ASTHMA MEDS ORAL
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
BONE LOSS CORTICOSTEROIDS
RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS
WHAT IS HYPERVENTILATION
most common acid/base =
abnormality in the early LOW CO2= HIGH PH- ALKALOSIS
stages
of an asthma exacerbation?
ICS
WHICH ASTHMA
MEDICATION
=
most effective asthma agent
for preventing exacerbations,
LEUKOTRIENCE INHIBITORS
WHAT IS TX OF CHOICE =
FOR Montelukast
aspirin-induced asthma
