ENT

Question 1

Mometasone and Fluticasone are examples of what?

Answer 1

Nasal steroid spray

Question 2

When should congestion symptoms tigger a referral to ENT?

Answer 2

Unilateral symptoms
Persistent symptoms despite compliance with 3 months of treatment.
Nasal polyps
Recurrent episodes of otitis media and pneumonia in a child.
Unusual opportunistic infections.
Symptoms that significantly interfere with quality of life.
Allergic or immunologic risk factors

Question 3

What characterises labrythitis?

Answer 3

Vertigo exacerbated by movement and hearing problems

Question 4

Nystagmus in which direction, in labrythitis?

Answer 4

To the unaffected side

Question 5

In conductive hearing loss, seen on an audiogram - what is reduced

Answer 5

Air value

Question 6

An audiogram shows reduced bone and air conduction, with air worse than bone. What does this mean?

Answer 6

Mixed loss

Question 7

Which antibiotic for tonsillitis in a penicillin allergic patient?

Answer 7

Clarithromycin

Question 8

Thyroid swelling moves upward with swallowing? T or F?

Answer 8

True

Question 9

This neck lump moves upward with protrusion of the tongue

Answer 9

Thyroglossal cyst

Question 10

This neck lump develops between the sternocleidomastoid and the pharynx

Answer 10

Branchial cyst

Question 11

What are the drug causes of gingival hyperplasia?

Answer 11

Ciclosporin
Phenytoin
CCBs
AML

Question 12

What are the first line drugs for otitis media?

Answer 12

Amox
Erythro/Clarithromycin if pen allergic