ENT Flashcards
Tx of otitis media externa
Topical ABx +/- steroids then oral flucloxaccilin
Necrotising otitis media externa sx and mx
Extension to mastoid and temporal bones
Urgent ENT referral, CT head, IV cipro
Management of otitis media
Admit if severe systemic, complications, <3m with 38
W/o perf- >4d abx
With perf- oral amor 5d
With effusion- observe
Complications of otitis media
Perforation- damage chordates tympani- reduce taste in anterior 2/3
Mastoiditis- discharge and swelling behind ear
Mx of cholesteatoma
Referral for surgery
Sx of meniere disease
Clustered attacks- <12hrs
Fullness
Progressive SNHL- unilateral
Vertigo
Tinnitus
Ix and Mx of Menderes disease
Audiometry
Cyclizine- anti emetic , betahistine- anti vertigo
Surgical
Viral neuronitis vs labyrinthitis sx
After URTI
Vertigo and nystagmus
VL- hearing may be affected
VN- no hearing
BPPV sx
Sudden rational vertigo <30s
Provoked by head turning
Nystagmus
BPPV ix and mx
Ix- Dix hallpike- up beat nystagmus
Mx- Epley + beta histine
Causes of hearing loss
Conductive- external canal obstruction
Tympanic membrane perf
Ostsclerosis
SN
Drugs- aminoglycosides, vancomycin
Infective
Menieres, MS
Sx of vestibular schwannoma
Unilateral
SNHL
Vertigo
Headahce
CN palsies- absent corneal. reflex
Otosclerosis sx
Bilateral conductive deafness and tinitus
Can have redness of promontory of cochlea
Family history
Improve with noise and worse with pregnancy, menstruation
Mx of otosclerosis
Hearing aid
Stapes implant
Mx of vestibular schwannoma
Gamma knife surgery
Radio
Mx of sinusitis
> 10d- high dose nasal CS for 14d
Phenoxymethylpenicillin- 7d if think infective
Samters triad
Asthma, nasal polyps, aspirin hypersensitivity
Mx of fractured nose
If septal haematoma- evacuation, packing and suturing
Reduce before swelling
Or if swelling- re examine after 1 week
Mx of epistaxis
Compress nasal cartilage 15 mins
If bleeding visualised- cautery
Non- packing
If continue- referral
What is quinsy
Peri tonsillar abscess causing uvula deviation
What prompts tonsillectomy
7 in 1 year
5 for 2 years
3 for 3
2 of quinsy or 1 quinsy with significant tonsillitis
Sx of Scarlett fever
2-4 days after GAS
Sandpaper rash
Organsim causing tonsillitis
Strep pyogenes
Bells palsy mx
Eye care
Pred 50mg 10 days
Ramsay hunt syndrome sx
Vesicular rash around ear
Facial nerve palsy
Vertigo
Mx of Ramsay hunt
Valciclovir 7d and steroids 5d
Sx of septal haematoma
Bilateral purple swelling
Mx of septal haematoma
Surgical drainage
Examination underanaesthatic
If not swelling reduce, if swelling- examine in 1 week
Sx of brachial cyst
Cyst in lateral neck, superficial to SCM muscle
With acellular fluid with cholesterol crystals in aspirate