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1
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What is the outer ear made up of

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Auricle: made up of bone and cartilage

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What is the middle ear made up of

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Ossicles: Malleus, Staples and Incus 
Eustachian tube 
Promontory 
Facial Nerve 
Chordates Tympani
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What is the inner ear made up of

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Hearing and Balance organs

  • Cochlear
  • Vestibule
  • Utricle
  • Saccule
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What are congenital abnormalities of the outer ear

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  • Absence of auricle/ microtia
  • Atresia of outer ear canal
  • Pre auricular sinus
  • Accessory auricles
  • Prominent ears
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What are congenital abnormalities of the middle ear

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  • Abnormal Ossicles

- Craniofacial Syndrome

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What are the congenital abnormalities of the inner ear

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  • cochleosaccular dysplasia
  • cochlear dysplasia
  • Vestibulocochlear dysplasia
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What are risk factors in the Hx for hearing problems?

How are hearing problems detected?

How are the managed?

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Risk factors for Hx:

  • Family Hx (AD ans AR disorders)
  • Maternal illness (TORCH infections)
  • Jaundice
  • Prematurity
  • Anatomical Abnormalities

Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
Early referral to audiology for help and support
Early Cochlear implant/ Hearing aids

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What instrument can be used to detect the function of the cochlear/ inner ear

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Otoacoustic Emissions

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What is infection if the outer ear called

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Otitis Externa

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How does otitis externa present

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Painful and Inflamed enteral acoustic meatus
+/- Auricle
May see discharge

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What is the most common cause of otitis externa

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Excess canal moisture

Others: Trauma, Absence of wax, narrow ear canal

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How do you treat otitis externa

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Microsuction

Topical Abx

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What is infection of the inner ear

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Otitis Media

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What causes otitis media usually

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Usually URTI - (pnemococcus, haemophillus)

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What are the differentials for otitis media

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Infection

Eustachian tube Dsyfunction

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16
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How does otitis media present

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Self Limiting!!!

  • Earache
  • Fever +/- irritability
  • Young children: holding/tugging ear, crying, restlessness
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What will be seen on examination

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Otoscopy - Erythema/ Yellow tympanic membrane

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18
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How is otitis media treated

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Analgesia

Only give Abx if systemically unwell or no improvement >4 days or immunocomprimised
- Amoxicillin

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What is a complication of Otitis Media

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Perforation

Mastoiditis - rare but serious

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What is chronic otitis media

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Perforation of the tympanic membrane from chronic/ recurrent infections

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How does chronic suppurative otitis media present

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Ottorhea: Persistent purulent discharge through perforation
Hearing loss
Otalgia

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What are complications of chronic suppurative otitis media

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Retraction pockets (part of the ear drum collapses inwards) this can lead to Cholesteatoma

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How does Cholesteatoma present

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Presents after recurrent infections
- Offensive discharge +/- gradual hearing loss

Otoscopy: White material discharging from defect in tympanic membrane

Can cause hearing loss, meningitis

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How do you treat Chronic Suppuritive Otitis Media

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Aim is to make a dry safe ear

Perforation: Close it - Myringoplasty

Cholesteatoma: Mastoidectomy - to remove it but trying to preserve hearing as much as possible

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25
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What is otitis media with effusion/ glue ear

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When fluid builds up behind the ear drum

most commonly occurs after an episode of acute otitis media

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26
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What causes otitis media with effusion

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Dysfunction of the Eustachian tubes

27
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How may OME present

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Hearing loss of 25-30 dBs 
Poor Speech and Listening 
Language Delay 
Hearing Fluctuations 
(there may be no pain)
28
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How may OME look on examination

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May look normal but can be variable presentation:

  • Drum may be retracted/bulging
  • Dull/Grey/Yellow
  • May be air bubbles/fluid level
29
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What is the treatment for OME

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50% with bilateral hearing loss of 20dB will resolve in 3 months

  1. Conservative: Do nothing just observation, Eustachian tube autoinflation may help during
  2. Ventilation Tubes - Grommets
  3. Hearing aids if surgery contraindicated
30
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What is Choanal Atresia

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• Failure of the nose to canalise
– Bony or membranous

• Bilateral rare but a neonatal emergency

31
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How does Choanal Atresia Present

And how can you easily test for it

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• Cyclical going blue, crying-going pink, stop crying going blue again

  • Cold spatula: no misting
  • Failure to pass an NG tube
32
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How do you manage Choanal Atresia

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Secure the Airway

Tertiary referral for dilatation and stent insertion

33
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What causes craniofacial disorders

What can it cause

What may be required as a last resort

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Syndromic e.g Downs

Problems with airways

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
  • Midfacial Hypoplasia
  • Tracheostomy
34
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What is unilateral discharge until proven otherwise and how should it be managed

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Foreign Object (batteries emergency)

  • Try once at removing it otherwise GA
35
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What is the area in nose which is a rich supply of blood vessels and what can this lead to

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Littles Area - Epistaxis

36
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How are nose bleeds caused

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Nose picking, 
inflammation, 
foreign body, 
trauma, 
bleeding diathesis
37
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How are nose bleeds managed

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• ABC
• Medical treatment:
– Topical naseptin, silver nitrate cautery
• Surgical treatment
– Electrocautery
38
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A teenage boy presents with recurrent nosebleeds and nasal congestion what should you be aware of

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Juvenile Nasopharnygeal angiofibroma

39
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Is sinusitis common in children

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No its RARE

40
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Sinusitis with nasal polyps what may be the diagnosis

41
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What is the most common complication Sinusitis

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Periorbital Cellulitis - can progress to orbital cellulitis

42
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What is Periorbital Cellulitis

What is Orbital Cellulits

Which ones more serious

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Infection of the soft tissues anterior to orbital septum - Medical Emergency

Infection of soft tissues posterior to orbital septum

Orbital cellulitis

43
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How does orbital cellulitis present

How does Periorbital Cellulitis present

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Fever, lid swelling, reduced eye movements, painful eye movements, dipoplia, proptosis, red colour vision

Swelling of eyelid and ocular pain, no painful eye movements, no diplopia, no visual impairment

44
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What is red colour vision a sign of in orbital cellulitis

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Sign of optic nerve compromise

45
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How is orbital cellulitis managed

How is periorbital cellulitis managed

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Joint care of paeds, opthalomology and ENT
IV Abx - amoxicillin
Surgery - incision and drainage of abscess

Amoxicillin

46
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How is laryngeal atresia managed

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EXIT procedure

47
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What is the most common abnormality of the larynx

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Laryngomalacia - floppy malformed larynx due to softening of the larynx tissues causing tissues to fall over airways blocking them

48
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How does laryngomalacia present

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  • Normal voice, stridor worse on feeding and exertion • Worse when supine
  • Failure to thrive
  • Increased work of breathing
49
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How will Larngomalacia look in examination and how is it examined

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tools

  • flexible nasoendoscopy
  • More detailed - GA: Microlaryngobronchoscopy
  • Normal Child
  • Stridor
  • WOB, tracheal tug, recessions
  • Flexiblenasendoscopy examination: omega shaped epiglottis, short aryepiglottic folds, bulky, prolapsing arytenoids
50
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How is Larngomalacia managed

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Often resolves on its own 
• Close monitoring
• Weigh (?daily/weekly at first)
• Antireflux
• If not coping NG tube
• ?surgery – microlaryngobronchoscopy + aryepiglottoplasty
51
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What high risk groups is hearing monitored in long term

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Cystic Fibrosos 
Chemotherapy 
CMV
Head Trauma 
Cleft lip/pallet 
Downs syndrome
52
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What are the four types of strabismus

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Esotropia
Exotropia
Hypertropia
Hypotropia

53
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What are the most common causes of strabismus

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  • Hereditary
  • Refractive Errors - most commonly uncorrected hypermetropia and accommodative esotropia
  • Secondary to vision loss
  • Neurological defects e.g cerebral palsy
  • Anatomical/Mechical defects
54
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How are strabismus investigated

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  • Hx e.g age of onset etc
  • Corneal Reflection -reflection from bright light falls centrally and symmetrically on each cornea if no suint and asymmetrically if squint present
  • Cover Test - movement of uncovered eye yo take up fixation as other eye is covered
55
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what hearing test is used for neonates

A

Otoacoustic Emissions

56
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What is the hearing test used in 3+

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Pure Tone Audiometry

57
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What is pseudostrabisus

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False appearance of cross eyes

Due to e.g. - facial asymmetry, unilateral ptosis, deep set or prominent squint

58
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What is amblyopia

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Defective visual acuity which persists after correction of refractive error (with glasses/contacts) and removal of any pathology - Lazy Eye

59
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What should all patients with amblyopia have and what is the management

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Early Referral important! better outcome!!!

ALL patients need refraction/glasses test and fundus and media check under cyclopegia (paralysis of cillary muscle resulting in loss of accommodation

  • Refractive Adaption - wear appropriate glasses for 16-18 weeks
  • Occlusion of better seeing eye (eye patch)
  • Atropine Drops/ointment in better seeing eye
60
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What is it important to rule out when investigations strabismus

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Paralytic Strabismus - check eye movements

61
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How do you manage strabismus

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Aim: To restore binocular single vision and eliminate diplopia

The 3O’s

  • Optical - assess refractory state with cyclopegia for glasses
  • Orthoptic - patching good eye to encourage exercise of strabismus eye
  • Operations - Resession or Resection of Rectus muscle to help alignment OR Botulinum Toxin can help (medial rectus esotropia and lateral rectus exotropia)
62
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What is it important to understand about transient eye misalignments

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  • They are normal in the first few months of life
  • They should be transient
  • Improve from age 2 mths onwards
  • Gone after 4 mths
63
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What is it important to note about sudden onset childhood strabismus

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  • Most don’t have sudden onset may be present with other neurological signs
  • Urgent Referral
64
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What are two complications of Strabismus

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Ambylopia

Diplopia

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