tailieunhanh - Pediatric Cardiology and Pulmonology 2

(BQ) Part 2 book "Pediatric cardiology and pulmonology" presents the following contents: General pulmonary question and answer items, selected cardiopulmonary topics. | Chapter 3 General Pulmonary Question and Answer Items What is the most common chronic pediatric disorder Asthma Is the incidence prevalence of asthma been increasing or decreasing Both increasing Is the morbidity mortality from asthma increasing or decreasing Both increasing some studies show that M M is leveling out but for the boards use increasing Which children are most likely to experience serious morbidity mortality from asthma demographic factors Poor children Inner-city children African-American What type of asthma puts children at highest risk of death from an acute asthma episode Mild asthma 80 of deaths were in children with mild asthma histories What proportion of children who have asthma should be on chronic medication for the disorder What is the relationship between household pets and asthma More pets less asthma risk it s best to have at least two - it has to do with a bacterial endotoxin on dogs cats . Houser Pediatric Cardiology and Pulmonology A Practically Painless Review 27 DOI 978-1-4614-9481-2_3 Springer Science Business Media New York 2014 28 3 General Pulmonary Question and Answer Items What is the hygiene hypothesis for the etiology of asthma Lack of microbial exposure in developed countries prevents a normal shift from fetal Type 2 Helper T-Cell dominance to Type 1 Helper T-Cell dominance Type 2 Helper T s promote allergy What is the prevalence of asthma in developing countries 2 What is the role of obesity in asthma Seems to be pro-inflammatory If you have two dogs in the household how much lower is your kid s risk of developing asthma compared to kids with no pets About 18 on the average PFTs can t be done properly on very young children. How is asthma diagnosed in these very young children if they seem to have symptoms Clinically - Repeated episodes of wheezing coughing retractions use of accessory muscles tachypnea without other explanation Response to typical asthma medications Which PFTs should be used in older children .