Tonsillitis Flashcards
1
Q
How do you define recurrent tonsillitis
A
7 in last year
5 per year for 2 years
3 per year for 3 years
2
Q
List the Centor crtiteria for bacterial tonsillitis
A
history of fever
tender cervical lymphadenopathy
tonsillar exudate
absence of cough
3
Q
treatment of bacterial tonsillitis
A
phenoxymethylpenicillin or clarithromycin
4
Q
indications for tonsillectomy
A
recurrent tonsillitis
OSA
5
Q
what are complications of tonsillectomy
A
pain
haemorrhage
<24 hr - surgical technique
>24 hr - infectious from not eating or drinking early enough
