A 22-year-old woman with known asthma presents with wheeze and dyspnoea. She uses salbutamol as needed but no preventer. She has night symptoms twice ...

Question

A 22-year-old woman with known asthma presents with wheeze and dyspnoea. She uses salbutamol as needed but no preventer. She has night symptoms twice a week and has needed two courses of oral prednisolone in the past year. According to the Australian Asthma Handbook, what is the MOST appropriate long-term controller strategy?

Accepted Answer

Start low-dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) daily

Answer

Continue salbutamol alone as required

Answer

Start regular oral prednisolone

Answer

Start montelukast monotherapy

Answer

Use long-acting beta2 agonist (LABA) alone as needed

au-racgp MCQ (SBA): Asthma long-term management