Elderly patients, asthma is often diagnosed easily due to the presence of comorbid diseases that complicate the diagnosis. 

What are clinical manifestations that result from pathophysiologic mechanisms causes by bronchospasms and excess secretions?

What is another name for asthma exacerbation?

A chest x-ray typically look _________ in asthma?

Asthma is a lung disorder that is characterized by:

Bronchodilator administration has potential to improve a patients FEV1.

Asthma’s age of onset usually happens at what age population?

Asthma is nearly twice as prevalent in young boys as young girls.

Which of the following is not a chest assessment finding for asthma during an exacerbation?

Over time the smooth muscle layers hypertrophy and can increase to _______ times their normal thickness.