ENT

Question 1

innervation of the tympanic membrane

Answer 1

CN ix

Question 2

vocal chord adduction vs abduction

Answer 2

adduction - closed = quiet
abduction - open = loud

Question 3

ototoxic drugs

Answer 3

gentamicin
frusimide
chemotherapies
asprin/ NSAIDs

Question 4

what is recurrent respiratory papillomatosis?

Answer 4

wart like tumours that grow around vocal chords
caused by HPV

Question 5

artery causing epistaxis when there has been trauma

Answer 5

anterior/ posterior ethmoidal

Question 6

most common head and neck cancer

Answer 6

squamous

Question 7

what causes menieres disease

Answer 7

dilation of endolymphatic spaces of the membranous labyrinth

Question 8

treatment of menieres disease

Answer 8

betahistine

Question 9

test to see if rhinorrhoea is CSF

Answer 9

glucose

Question 10

treatment of gingivitis

Answer 10

oral metronidazole
chlorhexidine/ hydrogen peroxide mouth wash
simple analgesia

Question 11

bacteria that causes otitis media

Answer 11

strep pneumonia
heamophilus influenza
moraxella catarrhalis

Question 12

how long is OME present before grommets are given

Answer 12

3 months (AOM = 3 days before treatment)

Question 13

symptoms of malignant otitis externa

Answer 13

(diabetics) otitis externa + headaches

Question 14

treatment of malignant otitis externa

Answer 14

ciprofloxin

Question 15

test between central and peripheral vertigo

Answer 15

HINTS

head impulse, nystagmus, test of skew

Question 16

samters triad

Answer 16

asthma
nasal polyps
asprin intolerance

Question 17

how long is acute sinusitis present before you give antibiotics

Answer 17

10 days