URI Flashcards
URI
- Upper respiratory infections
- Usually caused by viruses
- Have non specific symptoms
- Resolve spontaneously
Acute Otitis Media
- Impaired mucociliary apparatus leading to Eustachian tube dysfunction
- Middle ear becomes blocked with fluid and tympanic membrane swells
- Bacteria then isn’t cleared and proliferates and causes infection
Why is AOM more common in children?
Eustachian tubes are shorter, narrower, and more horizontal than adults
AOM Etiology
- 40-75% are viral
- Common bacterial pathogens: S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, Morazella catarrhalis
AOM Clinical Presentation
- Usually follows viral URI: fever, difficulty sleeping, and tugging at ear
- Bulging of tympanic membrane
- Otorrhea (discharge), otalgia (earache)
- Erythema of tympanic membrane
Non-Severe AOM
- Mild otalgia < 48 hours
- Temperature: <39 degrees C
- NEED BOTH
Severe AOM
- Moderate-severe otalgia for >= 48 hours
- Temperature >= 39 degrees C
- EITHER
AOM Treatment: < 6 mo
10 days of antibiotics
AOM Treatment: 6-23 months
- Severe/Non-severe bilateral: 10 days antibiotics
- Nonsevere unilateral: Observe or 10 days of antibiotics
“Observe”
- Watchful waiting x 48-72 hours with follow-up
- Access to doctor/antibiotics if symptoms don’t improve in 2-3 days or worse at any time
AOM Treatment: 2+ Years
- Severe: 10 days of antibiotics
- Non-severe: observe or 7 days of antibiotics
AOM: First Line Treatment
- Amoxicillin: 80-90 mg/kg/day PO q12h
- Augmentin: Amox - 90 mg/kg/day and Clav - 6.4 mg/kg/day PO q12h
AOM Alternative Treatment
- Cefdinir: 14 mg/kg/day PO q 12-24h
- Cefuroxime: 30 mg/kg/day PO q12h
- Cefpodoxime: 10 mg/kg/day PO q12h
AOM Pain Management
- Ibuprofen: 10 mg/kg q6h PRN
- Tylenol: 15 mg/kg q4-6h PRN
AOM Treatment Failure
- Should see improvement in 48-72 hours
- Symptoms could worsen right after diagnosis
- Switch antibiotics if no improvement: Amox => Aug => Ceftrixone
- Consider tympanocentesis if still no improvement - Gram stain, culture, susceptibilities
AOM Treatment Failure Succession
- 1st Line: Augmentin and Ceftriaxone
- Alternative/Failure of 2nd: Clindamycin: 30-40 mg/kg/day PO q8h +/- 3rd gen ceph.
- Failure of 2nd: also consider tympanocentesis
Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
Inflammation of contiguous nasal mucosa/paranasal sinuses
ABR Risk Factors
- Anatomic abnormalities (septal defect)
- Allergies/allergic rhinitis
- Tobacco smoke
- Intranasal medications
- Viral respiratory tract infections/winter months
- Swimming/diving