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7 Lower respiratory tract conditions

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When you have completed this unit you should be able to:

Give the signs of breathing difficulty and respiratory distress.
List the important lower respiratory tract conditions.
Diagnose these conditions.
Understand the causes and possible prevention of these conditions.
Provide primary management of these conditions.
Describe a syndromic approach to a child with a cough.

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7-1 What is the lower respiratory tract?

7-2 What are the signs of breathing difficulty?

7-3 What are the signs of respiratory distress?

7-4 What is stridor?

7-5 What is chest indrawing?

7-6 What is a wheeze?

7-7 How can you tell when a child is breathing too fast?

7-8 What is central cyanosis?

7-9 What is viral croup?

7-10 What are the presenting signs of viral croup?

7-11 How is the degree of stridor assessed?

7-12 What is the correct management of viral croup?

7-13 What is bronchitis?

7-14 What are the symptoms and signs of acute bronchitis?

7-15 What is the management of acute bronchitis?

7-16 What is bronchiolitis?

7-17 What are the signs of bronchiolitis?

7-18 What is the correct management of bronchiolitis?

7-19 When should children with bronchiolitis be referred to hospital?

7-20 What is pneumonia?

7-21 What are the causes of pneumonia?

7-22 What are the symptoms and signs of pneumonia?

7-23 Should all children with pneumonia have chest X-rays?

7-24 Is pneumonia a serious infection?

7-25 How can you recognise severe pneumonia?

7-26 What is the correct management of pneumonia?

7-27 What antibiotics are used in pneumonia?

7-28 What is asthma?

7-29 How common is asthma?

7-30 What are the symptoms of asthma?

7-31 What are the clinical signs of asthma?

7-32 What is the cause of asthma?

7-33 How do inherited factors increase the risk of asthma?

7-34 What is allergy?

7-35 What trigger factors may start an attack of asthma?

7-36 How is asthma diagnosed?

7-37 How is the severity of asthma graded?

7-38 What is the correct management of asthma?

7-39 How is the severity of acute asthma assessed?

7-40 How should acute asthma be treated?

7-41 What should you do if there is no response?

7-42 How should inhaled and nebulised drugs be given?

7-43 How can repeated attacks of asthma be prevented?

7-44 How can trigger factors be avoided?

7-45 What education and support is useful in asthma?

7-46 What is the syndromic approach to acute respiratory tract disorders?

7-47 What are the important causes of a cough?

7-48 What is the management of a cough?

7-49 What signs of breathing difficulty suggest specific diagnoses?

7-50 When and how should oxygen be given?

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Introduction ( 10 items )
1 The history and examination ( 51 items )
2 Immunisation ( 74 items )
3 Growth and development ( 69 items )
4 Nutrition ( 68 items )
5 Diarrhoea ( 62 items )
6 Upper respiratory tract conditions ( 45 items )
8 Tuberculosis ( 54 items )
9 HIV infection ( 56 items )
10 Childhood infections ( 31 items )
11 Parasites ( 53 items )
12 Skin conditions ( 56 items )
13 Serious illnesses ( 52 items )
14 Home and society ( 48 items )
15 Childhood mortality ( 46 items )
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