A 7-year-old boy with asthma uses albuterol 5 days weekly and wakes from cough twice monthly. He has no current distress. Spirometry is consistent

Question

A 7-year-old boy with asthma uses albuterol 5 days weekly and wakes from cough twice monthly. He has no current distress. Spirometry is consistent with reversible obstruction. Which of the following is the most appropriate at this time?

Accepted Answer

Start a daily inhaled corticosteroid-containing controller

Answer

Start chronic oral prednisone

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Prescribe antibiotics for wheeze

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Continue short-acting bronchodilator alone

Answer

Order bronchoscopy

Pediatric asthma — USMLE Step 3 MCQ

A 7-year-old boy with asthma uses albuterol 5 days weekly and wakes from cough twice monthly. He has no current distress. Spirometry is consistent with reversible obstruction. Which of the following is the most appropriate at this time?