Stomps Flashcards
Ostiomeatal complex
channel that links the frontal sinus, anterior ethmoid air cells and maxillary sinus to the middle meatus, allowing airflow and mucociliary drainage.
MC paranasal Sinusitis
Acute Maxillary Sinusitis-MC- larger easily obstructed
ACUTE RHINOSINUSITIS Abx DOC?
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate (Augmentin
NASAL VESTIBULITIS MC due to what organism?
Staph aureus
NASAL VESTIBULITIS TXT DOc?
Dicloxacillin W/ Mupirocin topical (nasal)
INVASIVE FUNGAL SINUSITIS (RHINOCEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS causes? What organism?
Aspergillus enters Danger triangle/vascular space and causes tissue necrosis
What type of priority is INVASIVE FUNGAL SINUSITIS (RHINOCEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS?
Medical/surgical ER
DOC to TXT INVASIVE FUNGAL SINUSITIS (RHINOCEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS?
Amphotericin B
Mainstay TXT of Allergic Rhinitis?
(IN) CCS
Pt education - spray into middle turbinate (not septum)
- Hold bottle straight up, head tilted forward, point ipsilateral
MC cause of Olfactory dysfx?
Anatomic Blockage
Recurrent epistaxis MC site of bleeding?
Anterior bleeds - Kiesselbach’s plexus
Recurrent epistaxis Most severe site of bleeding?
bigger arterial supply – Woodruff’s plexus ass/w HTN/athrosclerosis (ADMIT)
MC Fx bone in the body?
Nasal Fx
MC cancer found in the sinuses and nasopharynx?
SCC
Behcet’s disease
INFLAMMATORY DISORDER WITH RECURRENT ORAL AND GENITAL ULCERS