ENT Flashcards
Most common cause hearing loss 2/2 aging
Presbycusis
Most common cause acquired hearing loss kids
TORCH
Hearing loss caused by viral infection or from meningitis or otitis medi
Labyrinthitis
Severe vertigo, N/V, tinnitius
Tx
Nerve affected
Meniere
Tx: antichol, antihistamine (meclizine), surgery
CN VIII
Progressive conductive hearing loss
Otosclerosis
Sensorineural hearing loss
Presbycusis
Cause otitis externa
Pseudomonas
Tx: topical fluoroquinoline
Cause otitis media
Strep pneumo
H flu
Moraxella catarrhalis
Destructive expanding growth of desquamated keratin
Cholesteatoma
Inflammation of TM
Infectious myrinigits/bullous myringitis
Cause myringitis
Mycoplasma
S pneumo
Virus
Adolescent boys with nosebleeds but no hx trauma or blood dyscrasias
Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
Cause bacterial rhinitis
GAS, Pneumococcus, Staph
Rhinitis - viral cause
Rhinovirus - most common Influenza Parainfluenza Coxsacke Adeno RSV Corona Echo
Cause Sinusitis
S pneumo
H flu
Staph/STrep