asthma quiz

1. ‘ASTHMA’ DAY
5/5/2015
NILOUFER HOSPITAL
HYDERABAD

2. 1.Asthama
consistently linked
to which gene.

3. iL-4 gene on
chromosome 5
Answer

4. 2.What is the % of
eosinophils in order
to predict bronchial
Asthma?

5. A) Asthma > 4%
Answer

6. 3. Which type of allergen
sensitization has a
strong association with
Bronchial Asthma?

7. A) Inhalant
Allergen
Sensitization.
Answer

8. 4. Late onset Asthma in
females, Associated with
obesity and early onset
puberty.
what is the age of incidence?

9. A) 8 – 13 years
Answer

10. 5. Earliest attempts for
measurements of
respiratory volumes
were done by …

11. A) Giovanni Borelli in
1681
Answer

12. 6. The important two terms
•vital capacity &
•spirometer
were coined by….?

13. A) Sir John Hutchinson.
Answer

14. 7.What is the instrument
used, for measuring
‘Residual Volume’ ?

15. A) Body
Plethysmography.

16. 8. World asthma day was
observed for first time in
which year?

17. A) 1998

18. 9. Theme of world
asthma day 2015?

19. A) You can Control your
‘Asthma’

20. 10. Which year’s ‘theme’
includes children –
(‘ to help our children breath’)?

21. A) 1998

22. 11.How many puffs (MD
SPAPER) of salbutamol is
equivalent to one
nebulizer dose?

23. A) 4 to 6

24. 12.Difference between
old Peak flow meter and
latest Peak low meter of
European standard?

25. A) As we move up, the
distance between
readings will come
down.

26. 13. What is the optional
total volume of
nebulizer fluid?

27. A) 3 to 5 ml

28. 14. Instrument used to
test PFT in Children
below 6 years?

29. A) Impulse
OScillometry

30. 15. If a child presents
with symptoms of Acute
Severs Asthma for the
first time, you should
suspect?

31. A) Suspect FB

32. 16. Definition of
Bronchial Asthma in a
single Sentence?

33. A) Intermittent,
Reversible Airway
Obstruction

34. 17. Diagnosis of
Asthma by peak flow
meter?

35. A) 20% increase in PEFR
volume after
Administration of
broncodilator.

36. 18.What is the role of
PEFM in the
evaluation of
dyspnoea?

37. A) PEFR volume >
2.5lit/sec in a patient
with dyspnoea excludes
bronchial cause.

38. 19. Where was the first
world Asthma Day
Celebrated?

39. A) Barcelona in Spain in
1998

40. 20.What is the velocity of
air that is expelled
during cough?

41. A) 800 to 900km/hr

42. 21. Difference between a
normal cough and
pertussoid cough?

43. A) Many cough episodes
doing single expiration.

44. 22. what is the common
spirometry abnormarity
seen in asthamatics?

45. A) FVC & FEV/ FVC ratio <
0.80.

46. 23. what are the two
most common co-
morbid conditions for
asthma in children?

47. A) Rhinosinusitis,
GERD

48. 24. whish clinical finding
differentiates asthma
from other asthma
masquerading
conditions?

49. A) Clubbing

50. 25. What is the
recommended first line
drug for allergic rhinitis if
the symptoms are
sneezing and nasal
discharge?

51. A) Intranasal
Corticosteroids.

52. 26. What are the most
common two symptoms
of asthma?

53. A) Intermittent dry
coughing and wheezing

54. 27. what is the minimum
period of inhaled
corticosteroids once
bronchial asthma in
diagnosed?

55. A) one year

56. 28. Why should we treat
allergic rhinitis in
management of
bronchial Asthma?

57. A) Chemical mediators of
inflammation released
from upper airways
induce bronchospasm in
the lower airways.

58. 29. what is the minimum
age for starting ICS and
LABA?

59. A) More than 5 years.

60. 30. The term
‘crepitations’ were
replaced by

61. A) Crackles.

62. 31. What is anti lg E drug
used in the treatment of
Asthma?

63. A) Omalizumab

64. 32. What proportion of
asthmatic children : out
grow” their symptoms?

65. A) 30 – 50 % with milder
disease

66. 33. What is the time
course of EIA (excercise
induced Asthma)?

67. A) cough and dyspnoea
peak 15 mts after
conclusion of excerise
and resolve with in 30 –
60 min.

68. 34. What is EIA incidence
in atopic children?

69. A) 40%

70. 35. If both parents are
asthmatic, what is the
risk for their child to
have asthma?

71. A) 60%

72. 36. World asthma day is
Organized by whom to
improve the awareness
and care of asthma
around the world?

73. A) GINA (Global Initiative
for Asthma)

74. 37. Expand NAEPP in
relation to asthma?

75. A) National Asthma
Education & Prevention
Program.

76. 38. Role of leukotriene
antagonists for children?

77. A) “add on therapy in
pre school child
receiving
inhaled steroids & short
acting B2 agonists.

78. Thank you

79. 39.FEV1 / FVC : 75-80%
indicates which category
of asthma according to
naepp?

80. A) Moderate persistent

81. 44. Abnormalities on
spirometry are

82. A) FEV1 and FEV1 / FVC
ratio

83. 45. What is EVH in related
to asthma?

84. A) (Eucapnic Voluntary
Hyperventilation) to
diagnose excersise induced
Bronchospam, ( Involves
breathing a dry gas at an
timed RR in a effort to
induce bronchospam &
see FEV1 of >10%)