ENT 6 Flashcards
Persistant unilateral rhinorrhea is a sign of what?
current or prior head trauma.
Painless blurry vision in an elderly patient.
Trouble seeing at night and reading fine print.
Seeing halos and glares.
Cataract
Brief moments where the patient loses vision and describes it as a curtain descending over the visual field.
What is this typically caused by?
Amaurosis Fagux typically presents as painless transient monocular vision loss described as a curtain.
MC caused by retinal ischemia caused by atherosclerotic emboli from carotid artery disease.
Antibiotic tx for strep throat prevents what?
Acute rheumatic fever
Unimunnitzed kid with drooling, stridor, and respiratory distress.
Epiglottis
Airway management!
Management for a patient with severe acute painless vision loss in one eye with an afferent papillary defect.
Fundoscopy shows diffuse ischemic retinal whitening and cherry-red spots.
Emergency ophthalmology referral
What eye condition is found in patients with an underlining infection like AIDS or a systemic inflammatory condition like sarcoidosis?
Anterior uveitis
Central vision loss.
Wavy lines on Amsler grid test.
Macular degeneration
Management for a patient with strabismus of one eye. For example the esotropia of the left eye.
Patch the normal eye. In this case the right eye.
Tx for acute suppurative sialadenitis?
IV nafcillin
