HENT Treatments Flashcards
1st line treatment for Otitis Externa
Topical antimicrobials
- acetic acid
- QUINOLONES
- sulfonamides
- aminoglycosides
Other treatments for otitis externa
- Topical corticosteroids
- Systemic Abx for severe infection
Treatments for Malignant Otitis Externa
IV Abx - CIPROFLOXACIN (1ST LINE)
Treatment for acute Otitis Media
ABX!!
Amoxicillin = 1st line in kids
Augmentin = 1st line in adults
PCN allergy: Cephalosporins, Doxycycline, or Azithromycin
When do you just observe for otitis media treatment?
- healthy children
- age 6-24 months
- unilateral non-severe pain
- age >24 months with non-severe pain, unilateral or bilateral
Treatment for ruptured TM
ABX!!
Amoxicillin or Augmentin
Treatment for chronic otitis media
Refer to ENT for surgical repair / tympanostomy tubes
Treatment for mastoiditis
Broad spectrum IV antibiotics + Myringotomy
Treatment for cholesteatoma
Surgical repair
Treatment for acute OM in a patient with tympanostomy tubes?
Ciprodex (fluoroquinolone combination steroid drops)
Uncomplicated unilateral AOM in a child > 6 months
Observe / Amoxicillin
Uncomplicated, unilateral AOM in an adult
Augmentin
Unilateral ruptured TM in a child > 6 months
Amoxicillin
Uncomplicated AOE in a child > 6 months or an adult
Ciprodex
Unilateral AOM in a child > 6 months with recurrent OM recently treated with antibiotics
Augmentin or 2nd/3rd gen Cephalosporin
Unilateral or bilateral OME in a child > 6 months or an adult
Antihistamine, decongestant, monitor
Treatment for conductive hearing loss?
Refer to ENT
Treatment for sensorineural hearing loss?
Refer to ENT
Cochlear implants
Hearing aids
Treatment for Acoustic Neuroma?
Refer to ENT
- Surgical resection
- Radiation
- Observation
Treatment for tinnitus?
Dependent on cause
Treatment for barotrauma?
PREVENTION!
- oral decongestants
- swallowing
- ear plugs
- ventilation tubes
Treatment of injury
- Surgical repair
- Abx if TM is perforated
- Analgesics
What requires an urgent referral to ENT?
Barotrauma + vertigo + hearing loss
When would you treat an auricular hematoma with a needle aspiration?
<2cm and/or present <24 hours
When would you treat an auricular hematoma with an I&D?
> 2cm up to 7 days old
Treatment for BPPV?
- EPLEY MANEUVER
Meds used with high frequency of episodes
- 1st line: Antihistamines
- Benzodiazepines
Surgery for severe cases
Treatment for vestibular neuritis?
- 10 day Prednisone taper
- Meclizine 25-50mg q8h
OR
Diphenhydramine 25mg q6-q8h
Can Ménière’s disease be cured?
NO! You can relieve symptoms but will not “fix” the underlying disease
Treatments for Meniere’s disease?
Lifestyle adjustments (low salt)
Diuretics
Antiemetics (MECLIZINE)
Anxiolytics
Antihistamines
TCAs