Practice test 1 Extra Flashcards
In the centor criteria management of a sore thrat, a score of 4 of more indicates what?
empiric tx with antibiotics given the increased risk for group A.
Chronic otitis media with effusion increases risk for what
hearing problems in the future
Menieres dz
sensorineural loss in inner ear
BPPV
spinning sensation worse with position of the head
In webers test, if sound lateralized to one ear, you either have
- Sensorineural loss in opposite ear(AC>BC)
- Conduction loss in the same ear (BC>AC or AC=BC)
a normal rhinne test is
AC>BC
–> sensorineural loss in opposite ear
external landmarks of lips
- lips
- vermillion border
how to palpate frontal sinuses
pressed under bony brows
buccal mucosa
lip and cheek lining
collumella
near tip of nose
vestibule
most anterior part of nasal cavity
soft palate controlled by CN
9 and 10
hear post op fever; think
ATELECTASIS
what can u see with marfans
pectus cainatum
pextus excavatum
bronchovesicular sounds are heard where
bronchial sounds are best heard where
1st and 2ns intercostal spaces and between scapula
-manubrium
in pts with fever and cough, the presence of ______ and ____ more than TRIPLES the likihood of pneumonia
bronchial breath sounds
egophony
_____ likely in pt with marfans
aortic dissection
A wave–>
C wave –>
V wave–>
A wave–> atrial contraction
C–> pressure from ventricule during isovolumetric contraction on tripcuspid valve, bulging int o atrium
V–> atria filling with venous bllod
CENTOR grading
C- absence of a cough (1 point)
E- tonsillar exudatage (1 point)
N- anterior cervical nodes (1 point)
T- temp >100.4F (1 point)
Young or old- 3-14 yo (1 point)
15-44 (0 points)
>45 (-1 points)
0-1 no testing or abx
2-3- thoat culture or RADT
>4 empirix abx
Cauze of Croup
- parinfluenza virus
- respirtory syncitial virus
- influenze
Conductive hearing loss
external or middler ear problems
cerumen = ear wax (external ear problem)
sensorineural hearing loss
inner ear
cochlear nerve
central brain cnxn
whisper test normal and abnormal
normal: correctly identifies 3/6
allergic rhinitis
pale, bluish rhinitis