A 34-year-old woman presents with acute onset wheeze and shortness of breath after forgetting to take her preventer for a week. She uses a salbutamol ...

Question

A 34-year-old woman presents with acute onset wheeze and shortness of breath after forgetting to take her preventer for a week. She uses a salbutamol inhaler frequently. In clinic, she is speaking in full sentences with RR 20 breaths/min, HR 95 beats/min, oxygen saturation 97% on room air and PEF 75% of predicted. What is the most appropriate management step in general practice?

Accepted Answer

Give inhaled salbutamol via spacer and oral prednisolone, observe and adjust preventer therapy

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Admit urgently to hospital for intravenous bronchodilators

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Start long-term oral corticosteroids without bronchodilators

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Withhold treatment and arrange spirometry in 1 month

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Give intravenous adrenaline immediately

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Acute asthma exacerbation in adults