ENT Flashcards
What lines the nose?
Resp epithelium
What lines the roof of the nasal cavity?
Olfactory epithelium
What is the role of the nasal turbinate?
Heat up and moisten air
What is Kiesselbach’s area?
Area where the arteries of the nose anastamose
What drains into the superior meatus?
Posterior ethmoid air cells
What drains into the middle meatus?
Frontal and maxillary sinus
Anterior and middle air cells
What drains into the inferior meatus?
Nasolacrimal duct
How does a septal haematoma present?
Bruising Swelling Tenderness Deviation Epstaxis
How is mild epistaxis managed?
Lean forward
External compression
How is moderate epistaxis treated?
Silver nitrate cautery
How is severe epistaxis treated?
Topical vasoconstrictors
Rhino packs
Arterial ligation
How does sinusitis present?
Purulent nasal discharge
Nasal obstruction
Facial pain
How long does viral sinusitis last?
<10 days
How is acute viral sinusitis treated?
Analgesia
Decongestants
intranasal corticosteroids
Mucolytics
How is acute bacterial sinusitis treated?
Penicillin or doxy
How is chronic sinusitis managed?
Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
How is chronic sinusitis investigated?
Anterior rhinoscopy
What rheumatology condition are polyps a/w?
EGPA