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What is new in cough treatment? AI and ethics, new therapies and the management of frail elderly patients

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1. The use of AI note-taking tools in patient’s consultation has ethical implications:

A. Affects patient autonomy
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B. Requires patient’s consent
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C. Can improve clinicians’ ability to deliver beneficence
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D. All of the above
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2. When using AI note-taking tools, POPIA and other patient-confidentiality requirements do not apply as AI is an anonymous digital tool.

A. True
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B. False
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3. The HPCSA guide to ethical use of AI tools of diagnosis notes that:

A. South African patients may be discriminated against if training data is based solely on American, European or Asian data
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B. The clinicians remain responsible for all use of AI patient care
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C. Clinicians need to stay abreast of AI and its implications for their ethical practice
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D. B and C
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E. A, B and C
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4. The use of generative AI requires the patients consent specifically:

A. Because their anonymised data will be used to improve/amend the algorithm
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B. Their experiences will help to reduce bias in the ‘training data’ as South African data is being incorporated
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C. This will support justice and non-bias in AI systems
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D. All of the above
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5. Wellness applications that record cough and breathing sounds have not been validated by clinical research.

A. True
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B. False
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6. Which of these statements are true?

A. Mepolizumab is registered for severe asthma
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B. Mepolizumab reduces chronic cough in patients still reactive on inhaled steroids
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C. Mepolizumab does not reduce the percentage of eosinophils in sputum compared to baseline
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7. In a systematic review of multiple randomised trials dextromethorphan self-care use:

A. Improved sputum looseness
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B. Reduced cough frequency
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C. Reduced cough severity
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D. All of the above
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8. Which of the following is untrue? Extrapulmonary cough without asthma, COPD and emphysema has been shown in the US NHANES study to be related to:

A. Anxiety
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B. Increased depression severity
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C. Increased risk of general anxiety disorder
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9. The presence of coughing, sputum production, wheezing and dyspnoea in the elderly:

A. Signals increasing frailty
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B. Is related to elevated inflammatory markers
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C. Is age-related
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D. Requires referral to specialist interventions
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E. All of the above
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F. A, B and C
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10. Cough and cold medications containing guaifenesin and/or dextromethorphan taken as self-care:

A. Is useful for symptom relief
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B. Can be acknowledged by the clinicians as show to be of value
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C. Can be supported by other primary care professions, for example, pharmacy
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D. All of the above
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E. A and B only
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