Resp corrections

Question 1

child with asthma less than 17yrs, 1st line investigation?

Answer 1

• Spirometry and Bronchodilator Reversibility
• Then: will need to do FeNO: for adults different, need to do both.

Question 2

Difference in management between haemodynamically stable and haemodynamically unstable PE?

Answer 2

• Haemodynamically stable? DOACs eg. Rivaroxaban
• unstable: Massive PE+ hypotension= then Thrombolyse
• if recurrent PE’s, despite anticoagulation= Inferior Vena Cava filters

Question 3

Bronchiectasis features:

Answer 3

• Persistent productive cough
• Dyspnoea
• Haemoptysis
• In a young person with resp. problems