Otolaryngology

Question 1

What is the difference between the paediatric airway versus an adult airway?

Answer 1

Children have proportionally larger heads, more lax muscles, relatively larger tongues, smaller oropharynges
Subglottic area is the narrowest segment of the paediatric airway, whereas the glottis is the narrowest in adults

Question 2

What is the imaging you order when you suspect a retropharyngeal abscess?

Answer 2

Inspiratory lateral neck X-Ray in full extension

Question 3

What is the most common cause of pediatric hearing loss?

Answer 3

Chronic ear infection with effusion

Question 4

Out of your genetic causes of hearing loss, what is the most common?

Answer 4

Autosomal recessive; DFNB1 (Connexin 26) gene problem

Question 5

What percentage of patients with symptomatic congenital CMV infection has SNHL?

Answer 5

there is a 50% likelihood that the child will have SNHL to a variable degree
(If the child is asymptomatic, there is a 10-15% chance of developing SNHL)