A 9-year-old girl with asthma uses salbutamol inhaler three times per week and wakes once a week with cough. According to BTS/SIGN guidance, what step...

Question

A 9-year-old girl with asthma uses salbutamol inhaler three times per week and wakes once a week with cough. According to BTS/SIGN guidance, what step should be added next?

Accepted Answer

Add low-dose inhaled corticosteroid

Answer

Continue salbutamol only

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Add long-acting beta-agonist

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Add leukotriene receptor antagonist

Answer

Start oral steroid

pane MCQ (SBA): Paediatric Asthma

A 9-year-old girl with asthma uses salbutamol inhaler three times per week and wakes once a week with cough. According to BTS/SIGN guidance, what step should be added next?