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Year 4 ENT > Ear > Flashcards

Ear Flashcards

1
Q

Fluid behind drum, effusion, retracted tympanic membrane?

A

otitis media

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2
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When should antibiotics be given in otitis media?

A

if bilateral in under 2 year old

If there is discharge

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3
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What is cholesteatoma?

A

chronic squamous otitis media

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4
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Type of discharge in cholesteatoma?

A

cottage cheese

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5
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What may withholding antibiotics in AOM lead to?

A

mastoiditis

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6
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Treatment for mastoiditis?

A

IV antibiotics, hospitalisation, surgery

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7
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Protruding auricle, tender mastoid?

A

mastoiditis

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8
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swimming/moisture leading to redness/swelling of ear canal

A

otitis externa

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9
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What should you be aware in mastoiditis?

A

intracranial extension

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10
Q

Acoustic neuroma is same as what?

A

vestibular schwannoma

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11
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Vertigo for days-weeks, without hearing loss/tinnitus?

A

vestibular neuronitis

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12
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Vertigo for days-weeks, with hearing loss/tinnitus

A

labrynthitis

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13
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Treatment for BPPV?

A

Epley maneuvre

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14
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Visual disturbance, weakness, numbness, vertigo?

A

vertebrobasilar insufficiency

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15
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How many episodes and of what duration for Menieres?

A

at least 2 of more than 20 mins

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16
Q

Aural fullness?

A

Menieres

17
Q

1st line for deafness?

A

audiogram

18
Q

What type of conduction is impaired in conductive hearing loss?

A

air conduction

19
Q

Right ear is represented by what on audiogram?

A

red or O

20
Q

Types of hearing loss: otosclerosis?

A

conductive

21
Q

Types of hearing loss: Menieres?

A

sensorineural

22
Q

In Rinne’s test, if air conduction is not good, where will sound be heard best? What does this mean?

A

Mastoid process

Conductive hearing loss

23
Q

In Weber’s test, conductive hearing loss means hearing will be better in which ear?

A

bad ear (because sound travel through bone better than through the air)

Year 4 ENT (4 decks)

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