Asthma (wk 8) (not finished) Flashcards
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1) Define chronic cough
2) What are some common causes in adults?
1) > 8 weeks in adults, 4 weeks in kids
2) Upper airway cough syndrome (PND syndrome)
Asthma
COPD
Smoking
Post infectious – CAP, bronchitis, etc.
Rx – ACEi
GERD
Environmental triggers
1) What are some less common causes of chronic cough?
2) What are the least common causes?
Less common:
HF
Rx – opioids, sitagliptin, statin
OSA
Pertussis
Least common
Cancer
IPF, sarcoidosis
Lung abscess
PTX
MTB
What are some red flags for chronic cough in adults?
Abnormal findings on chest exam or imaging
Dysphagia
Hoarseness
Hemoptysis
New or worsening cough in > 45 y/o smoker
Prominent dyspnea at rest or at night
Vomiting
Weight loss
List 4 types of airway disease
Asthma
COPD
Acute exacerbations of Asthma and COPD
Bronchitis – covered in Pulmonary infections
Differentiate between vesicular and adventitious breath sounds
Vesicular BS = normal sounds
Adventitious BS = abnormal sounds (wheezing, crackles, rhonchi)
What provides USA recommendations on diagnosis, assessment, & treatment of chronic and acute exacerbations of asthma?
National Institutes of Health (NIH):
1) National Heart Lung Blood Institute (NHLBI)
2) National Asthma and Allergy Education Program (NAAEP)
What is endorsed by WHO and is a resource that addresses asthma diagnosis, assessment, management?
Global INitiative for Asthma (GINA)
Asthma:
1) How common is it?
2) What is it?
3) What is it characterized by?
4) ____% of adults with asthma do not have adequately controlled symptoms
1) 25 million in USA, 7.8% prevalence in adults and children
2) Chronic inflammatory lung disease
3) Episodic symptoms and reversible airway obstruction
4) 62%
What are the 3 main elements of asthma pathophysiology?
1) Airway hyperreactivity
2) Inflammation
3) Intermittent airflow obstruction
Episodic symptoms
Chronic airway inflammation
Increased mucus, swelling, and bronchial hyperreactivity
Reversible Airflow obstruction
Bronchiolar obstruction
Airway remodeling
1) Are asthma Sx episodic or chronic? Explain
2) Is the airway obstruction reversible? Describe what this obstruction is.
1) Episodic symptoms; chronic airway inflammation
-Increased mucus, swelling, and bronchial hyperreactivity
2) Reversible Airflow obstruction
Bronchiolar obstruction
Airway remodeling
Heterogeneous (phenotypes):
Allergic asthma (most common), cough-variant asthma, exercise induced bronchospasm, occupational asthma, aspirin sensitive asthma, reactive airway disease, virus induced bronchospasm (RSV)
Cough variant asthma (bedtime, morning)
Exercise induced bronchospasm (EIB) (formally EIA) – occurs during exercise or minutes afterward, peaks in 10-15 minutes, resolves within 60 minutes
True or false: risk factors and triggers are different things
True
List risk factors for asthma
1) Male kids, mid age female adults
2) Genetic predisposition: + FHx
3) Urban dwellers/pollution
4) History of RTI (resp. tract infections)
5) Triad: Infant atopic dermatitis, Childhood AR, asthma
6) Allergen exposure
7) Occupational triggers (farmers, miners)
8) Obesity
1) What can predispose a pt to asthma? Give 2 examples of this
2) What does the hygiene hypothesis suggest?
3) What is assoc. with reduced risk?
1) Exposure to indoor environmental allergens, tobacco smoke, and URI can predispose
-Maternal smoking and after delivery
-Rhinovirus in early childhood
2) That exposure to microbial diversity appears to protect against asthma (pets; outdoor activities/getting dirty)
3) Breast feeding
Define atopy
Tendency to produce an exaggerated immune response, IgE, to otherwise harmless substances in the environment
What is the Samter Triad?
1) ASA/NSAID sensitivity
2) Nasal polyp
3) Asthma
List and give examples of asthma
1) Respiratory tract infections (RTI), sinusitis
2) Allergens (SE USA, Smokey Mountains)
3) Aspiration, GERD
4) Weather changes, cold, air pollution, smoking
5) Physical activity
6) Emotional stress (PA school)
7) Hormonal fluctuations (puberty, menstrual cycle)
8) Medications – e.g., ASA and NSAID induced asthma
9) Occupational/inhaled respiratory irritants – may become symptomatic years after exposure
10) Cardiac “asthma” – refers to pulmonary edema in left sided HFrEF
1) What is the most common phenotype of asthma? When does it usually begin, and what is it assoc. with?
2) What are some common allergens?
1) Usually begins in childhood; assoc. w. atopic dermatitis and AR
2) House dust mites, cockroaches, cat dander (indoor allergens) and seasonal allergens (outdoor allergens
1) What can allergic asthma progress to?
2) Can adult-onset asthma occur without Hx of childhood asthma?
1) Some progress to chronic airflow obstruction with increasingly severe symptoms that persist into adulthood
2) Yes; adult-onset asthma may occur +/- history of childhood asthma
-May be missed
List the onset, duration & timing, and character of asthma presentation (OLDCARTS)
1) Onset – typically as child/teen but manifest in adults
2) Duration, Timing – chronic but episodic, variable severity (mild intermittent to persistent symptoms), daytime and or nighttime symptoms
Location - respiratory
3) Character – reversible episodic symptoms - tightness in chest, wheezing, dyspnea, coughing (usually dry cough)
List the aggravating factors, alleviating factors, radiation and assoc. Sx of asthma presentation (OLDCARTS)
1) Triggers (smoke, smells, allergens, stress, aspirin, exercise), to include RTI
2) Relaxation, avoidance of triggers
3) Typically isolated to respiratory system
4) Atopic dermatitis/eczema, allergic rhinitis, nasal polyps, snoring
What are some Sx less likely to be asthma?
1) Chest pain
2) Isolated cough
3) Chronic sputum production
4) Initial symptoms late in life
1) Can asthma Sx severity vary?
2) Is there tachypnea or tachycardia? Do they have a fever? What about hypoxia?
Variable based on severity
VS:
Tachypnea +/- accessory
Tachycardia
Usually afebrile unless concomitant RTI
May develop hypoxia