Challenging Patients - Registration Form
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Pretest
The primary goal of the NHLBI Expert Panel Report-3 Guidelines is to:
a. Maximize the quality of life
b. Prevent exacerbations and reduce overall health care costs
c. Minimize asthma severity and maximize control
d. Reduce impairment and risk
e. Provide asthma care guidance for primary care physicians
2. Why don’t asthma patients follow their recommended regimen?
a. Cost of medication
b. Why medicate in the absence of symptoms?
c. Dislike of provider
d. Depression
e. Fear of side effects
f. All of the above
g. All of the above except D
3. Which condition is not a common comorbidity of asthma?
a. GERD
b. Obesity
c. Rheumatoid arthritis
d. Depression
e. Vocal cord dysfunction
4. Which is not true about allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma?
a. Though asthma is diagnosed in up to 58% of patients with AR, the conditions have very different triggers and allergic mechanisms
b. Treatment of AR, largely with nasal steroids, significantly reduced ED visits for asthma
c. AR is diagnosed in up to 80% of patients with asthma
d. AR and asthma have similar patterns of mucosal inflammation
5. Which is true about asthma and depression?
a. Detecting depression is not part of asthma care
b. Depression prevalence is not related to asthma status
c. Asthma patients might have episodes of sadness but are not more likely to attempt suicide
d. A comprehensive Asthma Action Plan should restore a sense of well-being
e. Depressed patients are 3 times more likely to be nonadherent with medical
