Flashcards in Asthma DSA Deck (23)
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definition of asthma
3 components
1 recurrent airway obstruction - resolves with treatment
2 airway hyper-responsiveness, exaggerated bronchoconstriction in response to stimuli with little or no effect on non-asthmatic patients
3 airway inflammation
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asthma populations
8% adults
boys more than girls
before age 25 common
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mild asthma
edema and hyperemia of mucosa plus mucosal infiltration with mast cells, eosionphils, and lymphocytes
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moderate asthma
chemokines eotaxin, RANTES, macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha, IL 8 lead to inflammation and smooth m consriction
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severe asthma
hypertrophy and hyperplasia of airway glands and smooth m lead to severe airway thickening
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airway obstruction causes
1 constriction of airway smooth m
2 thickened airway epithelium
3 liquids in airway
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ACh
stimulate M3 muscarinics - causing smooth m constriction
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histamine
released from mast cells
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leukotrienes and lipoxins
derived by lipoxygenation of arachidonic acid released from target cell membrane phospholipids during cell activation
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nitric oxide
produced by airway epithelium and by inflammatory cells found in asthmatic lung
-high levels found during asthma attack**
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mild intermittent asthma
symptoms for < 2 days / week or < 2 nights / week
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mild persistent asthma
symptoms > 2 days / week but < 1 daily, or > 2 nights / month
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moderate persistent asthma
symptoms daily or > 1/night
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severe persistent asthma
symptoms continual during day or frequent at night
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tachypnea, tachycardia, pulsus paradoxus, accessory muscle use, hyperinflamtion, prolonged FEV1, expiratory wheezing
asthma
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asthma ABG
often hypocapnea
if normalizes- may indicate resp failure
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asthma CBC
eosinophilia, elevated IgE
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asthma EKG
sinus tachycardia, RBBB, P pulmonale, ST-T changes
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intermittent asthma Tx
short acting beta2 agonist
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mild persistent asthma Tx
short acting beta2 agonist
inhaled corticosteroid
alternate - mast cell stabilizer, leukotriene-receptor antagonist, theophylline
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moderate persistent asthma Tx
short acting beta2 agonist
low-medium dose corticosteroid
long acting beta2 agonist
alternate - inhaled corticosteroids and leukotriene antagonist or theophylline
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severe persistent asthma Tx
short acting beta2 agonist PRN
high dose inhaled corticosteroid and long acting beta2 agonist
if severe - prednisone
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