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1
Q

Acute asthma:

  • severity
A
  • Moderate
    • Peak flow >50%
    • Normal speech
  • Severe
    • Peak flow 33-50%
    • Saturations <92%
  • Life threatening
    • Peak flow < 33%
    • Silent chest
    • Cyanosis
    • Altered consciousness
2
Q

Acute asthma:

  • management
A
  • Oxygen
  • Bronchodilators
  • Steroids (predinisone)
  • ANtibiotics if bacterial cause suspected
3
Q

Bronchodilators stepped approach for acute asthma

A
  1. Inhaled salbutamol
  2. Inhaled ipratropium bromide
  3. IV magnesium sulphate
  4. IV aminophylline
4
Q

Chronic asthma <5 years:

  • medical management
A
  1. SABA (salbutamol)
  2. Add low dose corticosteroid or leukotrine antagonist
  3. Add another option from step 2
  4. Refer
5
Q

Chronic asthma 5-12 years:

  • medical management
A
  1. SABA (salbutamol)
  2. Add low dose corticosteroid
  3. Add LABA (salmeterol)
  4. Increased corticosteroid to medium dose or trial leukotriene receptor antagnoist, oral theothylline or inhaled LAMA
  5. Increased corticosteroid to high dose
  6. Add oral steroid
6
Q

Bronchiolitis:

  • age
A

<1 year

7
Q

Bronchiolitis:

  • cause
A

RSV

8
Q

Bronchiolitis:

  • management
A

Only supportive

9
Q

Pneumonia:

  • cause
A

Streptococcus pneumonia (most common)

If atypical, mycoplasma pneumonia

RSV if viral

10
Q

Pneumonia:

  • management
A
  1. Amoxicillin (add macroside if atypical pneumonia)
  2. Macrolide if penicillin allergy
11
Q

CF:

  • presentation
A
  • Newborn bloodspot test often diagnosed
  • Meconium ileus (sticky first poo)
12
Q

CF:

  • common coloniser
A

Staph aureus and pseudonomas

13
Q

CF:

  • monitoring
A
  • Every 6 months
    • Diabetes, osteoporosis, vit D, liver failure

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