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Exam #2: Ears & Nose Flashcards

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What are the causes of rhinorrhea?

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  • Viral Infection
  • Allergic Rhinitis or “hay fever”
  • Vasomotor Rhinitis
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What does a seasonal onset or environmental trigger suggest in regards to rhinorrhea?

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Allergic rhinitis

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What causes drug-induced rhinitis?

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  • Excessive use of decongestants

- Cocaine

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4
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What should be considered if nasal congestion is only one one side?

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  • Deviated Septum
  • Nasal Polyp
  • Foreign Body
  • Granuloma
  • Carcinoma
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What are the causes of epistaxis?

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  • Digital trauma
  • Inflammation
  • Drying & crusting of the nasal mucosa
  • tumor
  • foreign body
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6
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What three things can contribute to epistaxis?

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1) Anticoagulants
2) NSAIDs
3) Coagulopathies

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When inspecting the external ear, what are you looking for?

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  • Deformity
  • Lesion
  • Canal Exudate
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8
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Palpation of the tragus prior to otoscopic examination is painful, what is this an indication of?

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Otitis Externa

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How do you check nasal patency?

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Occlude one nare and have patient breathe in

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How do you position the ear canal in an adult?

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Retract pinna up, out, and back

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How do you position the ear canal in a child?

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Retract the pinna down, out, and back

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Which sinuses can you transilluminate?

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Frontal and maxillary

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Weber Test

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  • 512 Hz
  • Place fork in middle of patient’s vertex
  • Ask where they hear the sound
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Whisper Test

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  • Stand behind and to the side of the patient
  • Instruct patient to put finger in ear
  • Exhale fully, then whisper 3 letters or numbers
  • Ask patient to repeat what they heard
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Rinne Test

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  • 512 Hz
  • Place fork on mastoid process, and ask patient to tell you when they no longer hear the sound
  • place fork infront of ear
  • Normal is 2:1 longer in air than bone
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Conductive Hearing Loss

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  • External or middle ear disorder
  • Caused by foreign body, otitis media, perforated eardrum, otosclerosis
  • Sound lateralizes to IMPAIRED ear (Weber Test)
  • Bone conduction longer than or equal to air conduction
17
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Sensorineural Hearing Loss

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  • Inner ear disorder that involves the cochlear nerve
  • Caused by exposure to loud noise, ear infection, trauma, acoustic neuroma, aging, familial disorder
  • Sound lateralizes to GOOD ear (Weber Test)
  • Air conduction longer than bone conduction (Rinne Test)
18
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What is a relationship between the ear and the eye in a pediatric patient?

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Upper portion of the auricle joins that scalp at or above the level of the canthus

19
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In an infant, which direction is the ear canal oriented?

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Directly downward

20
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Why is an ear exam difficult in the new born?

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Accumulation of the vernix caseosa

21
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Obligate nose breathers

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term given to newborns meaning that they must breathe through the nose

22
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What is diminished movement on pneumatic otoscopy an indication of?

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Ear effusion & Otitis Media

23
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What can a crease on the nose and “shiners” can be an indication of?

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Allergies

24
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Which sinus is present in a 1 year-old?

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Maxillary

25
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When do the sphenoid and ethmoid sinuses start to develop?

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6 years

26
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When does the frontal sinus start to develop?

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10 years

27
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When are the sinuses fully developed?

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21 years

28
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When examining the mouth of an infant, what are you looking for?

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Clefts in the palate or lips

29
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When do teeth start to appear in the infant?

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6-7 months (~4 teeth every 4 months afterward)

30
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What are antenatal teeth?

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Teeth that are present at birth and removed

31
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When do kids get the full complement of teeth?

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2-3 years

32
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When do kids shed their primary teeth?

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5 years

33
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Halitosis

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Bad breath

34
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Referring to the pediatric patient, when are the tonsils the largest?

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Middle childhood (compared to infancy and adolescence)

35
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Signs of nasal foreign body

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  • Unilateral Rhinitis

- Halitosis

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