Keywords

Question 1

Actions most likely to produce iatrogenic retropharyngeal abscesses

Answer 1

Failed NGT placement

Question 2

Age for end of development in humans

Answer 2

7 years old

Question 3

Age for peak incidence of foreign body aspiration

Answer 3

2-3 years old

Question 4

Airway examination and evaluation of post-irradiation patients

Answer 4

Manual exam of larynx with swallowing

Question 5

Airway management for patient with Ludwig’s angina

Answer 5

Nasal intubation

Question 6

Airway management for patients with LeFort fractures

Answer 6

RSI w/ great pre oxygenation
No NAW, NETT, NGT with LeFort II
No anode ETT with LeFort III

Question 7

Airway management for patients with head and neck burns

Answer 7

Airway latency with OETT and oxygenation

Question 8

Branches of the facial nerve

Answer 8

Temporal
Zygomatic
Buccal
Mandibular
Cervical

Question 9

The tube that links the nasopharynx to the middle ear

Answer 9

Eustachian tube

Question 10

Tongue muscle that depresses and protrudes the tongue, stabilizes the upper airway

Answer 10

genioglossus

Question 11

Name the structures in Waldeyer’s ring

Answer 11

adenoids, lingual, nasopharyngeal, and palatine tonsils

Question 12

Anesthesia and airway management for tonsillar abscess drainage

Answer 12

GETA with short-acting IV anesthetic and sort-acting NMB and sevo or des
anode tube

Question 13

Angioedema management

Answer 13

known case: anabolic steroids 10-14 days and FFP within 24 hours of surgery
undiagnosed: FFP asap, H1, H2, steroids

Question 14

Angioedema pathophysiology

Answer 14

vasoactive mediators produce arteriolar dilation, venular inflammation, vascular leakage
urticaria = in dermis
angioedema = below the dermis

Question 15

Ausculatory sound produced by orificial airway lesion

Answer 15

Stridor

Question 16

Ausculatory sound produced in asthma

Answer 16

wheezes

Question 17

Infant vs. adult epiglottis

Answer 17

longer, omega shape, stiffer, horizontal

Question 18

Infant vs. adult glottis

Answer 18

C3-C4 vs. C4-C5, pursed mouth appearance

Question 19

Infants vs. adult vocal cords

Answer 19

VC in anterior-inferior plane (horizontal) and concave

Question 20

Infant vs. adult tongue

Answer 20

larger

Question 21

Infant vs. adult larynx

Answer 21

funnel shape vs. cylinder

Question 22

Narrowest part of airway under 7

Answer 22

Cricoid cartilage

Question 23

Complications associated with nasotracheal intubation

Answer 23

epistaxis, abrasion, hemorrhage, infection, perichondritis, chondritis, sinusitis

Question 24

Primary tracheostomy

Answer 24

tracheostomy done initially within 24 hours of intubation

Question 25

Function of atlanto-occipital joint

Answer 25

flexion and extension of the head

Question 26

Hoarseness and gender

Answer 26

females > males

Question 27

Hoarseness associated with endotracheal intubation and general anesthesia

Answer 27

Spontaneous resolution in 1-3 days, FU at one week if not resolved
Causes: ETT, NGT, head-neck surgery, pt movement
Ulceration (>72 hours), granulomata (3-21 days), cicatrical (2+ weeks)

Question 28

Lab measurements following parathyroidectomy

Answer 28

Check calcium level

Question 29

Laryngectomy, ending the case

Answer 29

laryngectomy tube sutured to skin, pt SV

Question 30

Laryngectomy, surgery

Answer 30

OETT; anode ETT via surgeon; breathing SV with large, patent stoma (CMV in ICU if pharyngectomy is added); cuffless laryngectomy tube sutured to skin ;once healed, trachea anatomized to skin

Question 31

Laryngomalacia occurence

Answer 31

Most common cause of stridor in 2 year olds

No surgical repair, spontaneous resolution at 2-3 years old

Question 32

Laser airway FiO2

Answer 32

Less than 30%

Question 33

Lasers: CO2 vs. YAG

Answer 33

CO2: superficial tissue, no corneal damage, beam power diminished withdrawal effect
YAG: deeper tissue, corneal damage, better coagulation

Question 34

Most common malignancy in upper airway

Answer 34

squamous cell carcinoma

Question 35

management of patient with retropharyngeal abscess

Answer 35

OETT +/- FFOB

Topical pharyngeal anesthesia limited

Question 36

Montgomery T-tube

Answer 36

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