(Test 2: 1.) Upper Respiratory System Exam

Question 1

What is the whisper test?

Answer 1

You simply whisper into each year, and then ask the patient to repeat what was whispered.

Question 2

What lymph nodes should be be able to identify?

Answer 2

Preauricular
Posterior Auricular
Submental
Submandibular
Tonsillar
Anterior Cervical
Posterior Cervical
Supraclavicular

Question 3

What is acute otitis media?

Answer 3

Symptomatic inflammation of the middle ear that IS caused by viral or bacterial infection

Question 4

What disease is typically associated with a “barking cough?”

Answer 4

Croup

Question 5

What is the priority in patients with epiglottitis?

Answer 5

Protection of the airway – intubate if needed

Question 6

What are the two types of otosclerosis?

Answer 6

Conductive loss – Where the bones of the ear are fused into a single immovable mass.

Sensory loss – Sclerosis of the otic capsule

Question 7

What are the symptoms of Meniere’s disease?

Answer 7

Episodes of vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, eventual permanent loss of hearing, tinnitus, and sometimes a feeling of fullness or pressure in the ear.

Question 8

What are the two main causes of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo?

Answer 8

Canalithiasis & Cupulolithiasis

Question 9

What is otitis media with effusion?

Answer 9

Inflammation/fluid buildup in the middle ear WITHOUT viral or bacterial infection

Question 10

What are the most common bacteria and viruses causing rhinosinusitis or sinusitis?

Answer 10

Viruses: Rhinovirus, Adenovirus, Influenza Virus, Parainfluenza Virus

Bacteria: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis

Question 11

What is Canalithiasis?

Answer 11

Otoconial debris floating freely in the SCC – the posterior SEC is most commonly involved

Question 12

What are the five listed ENT causes of vertigo?

Answer 12

Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

BenignParoxysmal Positional Vertigo

Vestibular Neuritis

Labyrinthitis

Meniere’s Disease