HEENT Flashcards
Conductive hearing loss
- Obstruction, effusion, otosclerosis, ossicular disruption
- Middle ear
- Weber- heard louder in affected ear
- Rinne AC
Sensorineuronal hearing loss
- Deterioration of cochlea, hair cells,
- Inner ear
- presbycussis, trauma, excess noise
- Weber- louder in better ear
- Rinne- AC> BC
Tinnitus- Eti
- Sensory hearing loss
- Hearing abnormal sounds
- Audiometry & MRI/ angio to rule out abns
Tinnitus- Sx
- Pulsatile- listening to own heartbeat, caused by conductive HL
- Staccato tinnitus- middle ear spasm, rapid popping
Tinnitus- Tx
- Avoid noise, mask
- Antidepressants
- Habituation
Eustachian tube dysfunction- Eti
- Following URI/ rhinitis
- Swelling
Eustachian tube dysfunction- Sx
Fullness, popping, underwater with sharp intermittent pain
- Disequilibrium, conductive hearing loss, tinnitus
Eustachian tube dysfunction-Tx
Decongestants- pseudophedrine
- Auto-insufflation
- Nasal steroids
Acute otitis media- Eti
- S. pneumo MC
- Also H. flu, moraxella, strep pyogenes
Acute otitis media- Sx
- Bulging, erythematous TM with effusion, air-fluid levels
- Fevers and otalgia
Acute otitis media- Tx
Amoxicillin x 10-14 days,
- Augmentin 2nd line
Chronic OM- Eti
Pseudomonas
- Recurrent AOM
Chronic OM- Sx
Chronic otorrhea without otalgia
Otitis externa- Sx
- Water exposure
- Pseudomonas
- Otalgia on traction & pruritis, discharge
- Erythema of ear canal
Otitis externa- Tx
- Otic abx- cipro or dexa
- Drying agents- alcohol and vinigar
Perforated TM- Sx
- Conductive hearing loss
- Hemotypanum
- Hx impact or injury
Perforated TM- Tx
- Spontaneous healing- ear plugs
- Surg
Cholesteatoma- Sx
- Painless otorrhea- strong odor
- granulation tissue in TM
- Conductive hearing loss
Cholesteatoma- Tx
- Surgical excision
Cerumen impaction- Sx
- Conductive hearing loss, ear fullness
- Occlusion
Cerumen impaction- Tx
Peroxide, irrigation, curettage