Acute and Chronic Sinusitis

Question 1

When doing nasal lavage for rhinitis what kind of solution should you use?

Answer 1

isotonic saline solution

Question 2

When doing nasal lavage for sinusitis what kind of solution should you use?

Answer 2

buffered hypertonic saline solution

Question 3

What is the most common complication of acute sinusitis?

Answer 3

spread of infection to the orbit

Question 4

What is the key symptom if the orbital Infection is anterior to the orbital septum?

Answer 4

Lip edema

Question 5

What is the key symptom if the orbital infection is posterior to the orbital septum?

Answer 5

Orbital Cellulitis

Question 6

What is the key symptom if there is pus that collects beneath the periosteum of the lamina papyracea?

Answer 6

Subperiosteal Abscess

Question 7

Where does infection have to effect in order for Meningitis to come about?

Answer 7

ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses

Question 8

Where does infection have to effect in order for an epidural abcess to come about?

Answer 8

frontal sinus

Question 9

What shows black necrotic debris intranasally?

Answer 9

Invasive Fungal Sinusitis