Respiratory 1: Pediatric Asthma Test Q&As (Latest
Update 2023) (Verified Answers) (Graded A+)
The gold standard for the diagnosis of asthma is? – correct answers
✅Spirometry
What is the dose of MDI Albuterol for pediatric pt? – correct answers ✅1/2
a puff per kg. Or 5 mg Nebulizer
Continuous albuterol treatment for pediatric pts is typically how long? –
correct answers ✅2 hours; if longer may need to be admitted.
Asthma is an INFLAMMATORY airway disease characterized by what? –
correct answers ✅Hyper-responsiveness and airway OBSTRUCTION
(T/F) Asthma is non-reversible – correct answers ✅FALSE; Asthma is at least
partially reversible
Because asthma is an obstructive disease, the problem is getting air in or
out? (Think air trapping) – correct answers ✅Getting air out is the problem
due to chronic inflammation WITH mucous production.
What ethnic groups rank high with asthma – correct answers ✅African
americans and Hispanics (inner city populations)
Transient wheezers are pediatric pts whose wheezing is due to LRTI and
nomally resolve by what age? – correct answers ✅3 years old; No wheezing
after this age
Respiratory 1: Pediatric Asthma Test Q&As (Latest
Update 2023) (Verified Answers) (Graded A+)
Atopic wheezers; are most likely to develop persistent asthma and have
elevated Ig___? – correct answers ✅IgE; due to prone to allergen-mediated
airway hyper-responsiveness; In other words their asthma is triggered by a
form of allergen hence the rise in IgE
What is atopy asthma? – correct answers ✅a form of asthma caused by
exposure of the bronchial mucosa to an inhaled airborne antigen. The
antigen causes the production of antibodies that bind to mast cells in the
bronchial tree
(T/F) It is possible for a child to out grow asthma – correct answers ✅True
Although there is no known cause for asthma there are some risk factors.
Name 7 – correct answers ✅genetics (first generation) pollution, diet,
obesity, inner city living/poverty, tobacco smoke and viral respiratory
infections
An asthma cough is wore at what time of day? – correct answers ✅Night.
And a cough could be the ONLY symptom of asthma
Expiration or inspiration; which one does asthma whezzes mostly present? –
correct answers ✅Expiratory.
With asthma or any obstructive airway disease, should you expect a increase
or decrease in AP diameter? – correct answers ✅Increase