A 9-year-old boy with asthma uses his salbutamol inhaler several times per week and wakes at night with cough twice a week. He is not on a preventer. ...

Question

A 9-year-old boy with asthma uses his salbutamol inhaler several times per week and wakes at night with cough twice a week. He is not on a preventer. What is the most appropriate step in his long-term management?

Accepted Answer

Start a low-dose inhaled corticosteroid preventer

Answer

Continue salbutamol alone

Answer

Start oral prednisolone daily

Answer

Start a long-acting beta agonist without inhaled corticosteroid

Answer

Cease all asthma medications

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Asthma preventer choice school-aged

A 9-year-old boy with asthma uses his salbutamol inhaler several times per week and wakes at night with cough twice a week. He is not on a preventer. What is the most appropriate step in his long-term management?