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HEENT Flashcards

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Conductive Phase of Hearing

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External ear through middle ear

Conductive loss: Cerumen (wax), Otitis External, squamous cell carcinoma, performation of eardrum, cholesteatoma

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Sensorineural Phase of Hearing

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Involves cochlea and cochlear nerve

Sensorineural loss: Viruses, drugs, trauma, Meneire’s disease, tumors

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Paranasal Sinuses for Auscultation

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Frontal and maxillary sinuses accessible to exam

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Teeth

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Adult: 32

Deciduous (children): 20

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Visual Acuity

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Snellen Eye Chart

distance of pt from chart / distance a normal eye can read line of letters

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Visual fields

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Tests peripheral vision

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Extraocular Muscles

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6 cardinal directions of gaze
looking for conjugate movement
Nystagmus: rhythmic oscillations of eyes
Test for convergence

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Mallampati Class I

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Full view of tonsils, uvula, and soft palate

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Mallampati Class II

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Hard and soft palates, upper portion of uvula and tonsils

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Mallampati Class III

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Hard and soft palates, base of uvula

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Mallampati Class IV

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Only hard palate

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Thyromental Distance

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Normal 6.5 - 6.0 cm

Indication of difficult DL:

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Mouth Opening

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Normal >/= 4 cm

Indication of difficult DL:

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Cushing’s Syndrome Abnormal Face

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“moon” face with red cheeks

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Nephrotic Syndrom Abnormal Face

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face is edematous and pale

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Parotid Gland Enlargement

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Swelling anterior to earlobes and above angle of jaw

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Acromegally

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Head is elongated with enlargement of bones and soft tissue

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Parkinson’s Disease Abnormal Face

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Stare and decreased facial mobility

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Ptosis

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Drooping of upper lid (Myasthenia gravis, Horner’s syndrom)

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Exophthalmos

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Protruding eyeball (Grave’s disease)

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Cataract

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Opacities of the lenses

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Keloid

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Ear Abnormality

Firm, nodular, hypertrophic mass of scar tissue

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Tophi

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Ear Abnormality

uric acid deposits (gout)

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Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

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Small brown pigment spots in dermal layer of lips

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Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangectasia

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(Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome)

small red spots on lips

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Thrush of Pharynx

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Yeast infection forming whitish plaques from Candida

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Hairy Leukoplakia

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Raised whitish areas affecting side of the tongue (HIV/AIDS)

Can’t be scraped off like with Candida

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