A 25-year-old woman with mild asthma uses salbutamol twice weekly and has woken at night with wheeze twice in the past month. She currently uses only ...

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A 25-year-old woman with mild asthma uses salbutamol twice weekly and has woken at night with wheeze twice in the past month. She currently uses only a short-acting beta-agonist inhaler. According to Canadian Thoracic Society guidance, what is the most appropriate next step?

Accepted Answer

Start a daily low-dose inhaled corticosteroid

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Continue salbutamol as needed with no controller

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Add oral theophylline

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Start a long-acting beta-agonist inhaler without steroid

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Add montelukast monotherapy without inhaled corticosteroid

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Asthma

A 25-year-old woman with mild asthma uses salbutamol twice weekly and has woken at night with wheeze twice in the past month. She currently uses only a short-acting beta-agonist inhaler. According to Canadian Thoracic Society guidance, what is the most appropriate next step?