Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Question 1

Type of hearing test for 6-18 months

Answer 1

Distraction test

Question 2

Type of hearing test for 2-3 years

Answer 2

Visual reinforced audiometry

Question 3

Type of hearing test 3-5 years

Answer 3

Play audiometry

Question 4

Hearing test for 4 years plus

Answer 4

Pure tone audiometry=

Question 5

What is the normal maximum times a kid can have a runny/blocked nose in a year?

Answer 5

8 episodes a year up to 15 days

Question 6

Which sinuses are to blame in a runny nose in 0-4 months normally

Answer 6

Ethmoid

Maxillary

Question 7

Which sinuses are to blame normally in a kid with a runny nose who’s 3-7 years old?

Answer 7

Sphenoid

Question 8

What sinus is normally to blame in kids of 8-adolescent with a runny or blocked nose?

Answer 8

Frontal

Question 9

Tx from rhinitis

Answer 9

Nasal douching
Antihistamines
Nasal steriods

Question 10

What should you check for in someone with large adenoids?

Answer 10

Sleep apnoea

Question 11

What’s choanal atresia?

Answer 11

Congenital condition where the back of the nose is blocked with abnormal membranous or bony tissue

Question 12

S+S of choanal atresia

Answer 12

Unable to breathe

Question 13

Is choanal atresia common or uncommon, bilateral or unilateral?

Answer 13

Uncommon

Bilateral

Question 14

Tx for epistaxis

Answer 14

Appropriate first aid
Antibiotic ointments
-naseptin
-bactroban

Cautery

• silver nitrate under LA
• diathermy under GA

Nasal packing

Question 15

Aetiology of tonsillitis

Answer 15

Bacterial
-b haem strep B

Or viral
-EBV

Question 16

Things that can cause airway issues in a kid

Answer 16

Large tongue
Large tonsils 
Large/floppy glottis
Short neck
Sub glottis narrowest

Question 17

4 differentials for neck lumps

Answer 17

Thyroglossal cyst
Branchial cyst
Cystic hygroma
Cervical lymphadenopathy

Question 18

What’s cystic hygroma?

Answer 18

Fluid filled sacs that arise as a result of repeated pressure on a bony process