WHAT IS "BULGING EYES" OR OUTWARD DEVIATION CALLED - EXOPHTHALMOS
IF THE PALPEBRAL CONJUNCTIVA IS PALE THAT CAN SIGNIFY - ANEMIA
WHAT IS ANISCORIA - unequal pupil size
What 6 muscles move the eye? - FOUR RECTUS AND TWO OBLIQUE
Rinne test - hearing test using a tuning fork; checks for differences in bone conduction
and air conduction. NORMAL AC>BC, BEHIND EAR
WEBER TEST - Test done by placing the stem of a vibrating tuning fork on the midline
of the head and having the patient indicate in which ear the tone can be heard.
NORMAL: EQUAL BOTH SIDES
ARE BROWN PATCHES IN THE MOUTH NORMAL IN PEOPLE OF COLOR? - YES
torus palatinus - a bony protuberance in the midline of the hard palate, VARIATION OF
NORMAL
WHAT CRANIAL NERVE IS BEING USED WHEN YOU ASK THE PATIENT TO SAY
"AHHH" - 10TH-VAGUS NERVE
WHERE DOES OTITIS MEDIA OCCUR IN THE EAR - INFECTED MIDDLE EAR
FLUID AND INFLAMMATION F THE MUCOSA LINING THE MIDDLE EAR SPACE
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON BACTERIA THAT CAUSES OTITIS MEDIA -
STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE AND HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE
3 MOST COMMON CAUSES OF OTITIS MEDIA - USTACHIAN TUBE
DYSFUNCTION, URI, SEASONAL ALLERGIC RHINITIS
WHAT DOES OTITIS MEDIA LOOK LIKE - -UNILATERAL EAR PAIN
-DECREASED HEARING
BULGING, OPACIFIED, IMMOBILE AND ERYTHMEATOUS TM
WHAT IS THE FIRST LINE TX FOR OTITIS MEDIA - AMOXICILLIN 1G Q8 FOR 5-7
DAYS
,OR
AUGMENTIN 875MG-125MG
WHAT IS THE TX OF OTITIS MEDIA IF YOU HAVE A PCN ALLERGY -
CEPHALOSPORINS
-CEFDINIR 300MG TID OR 600MG DAILY
-CEFPODOXIME 200MG BID
-CEFUROXIME 500MG BID
CEFTRIAXONE 1-2G IV OR 1G IM
WHAT IS THE TX FOR OTITIS MEDIA IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO PCN, BETA-
LACTAMS OR CEPHALOSPORINS - DOXY 100MG Q12
AZITHRO 500MG FIRST DAY THEN 250 FOR 2-5
CLARITHROMYCIN 500MG Q12
HOW LONG DO YOU TREAT MILD TO MODERATE OTITIS MEDIA - 5-7 DAYS
HOW LONG DO YOU TREAT SEVERE OTITIS MEDIA - 10 DAYS
MOST COMMON CAUSE OF OTITIS EXTERNA - PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA &
STAPH AUERUS
WHAT DOES OTITIS EXTERNA PRESENT AS - EAR PAIN, PRUITUS, DISCHARGE,
HEARING LOSS
EAR CANAL IS EDEMATOUS AND RED
IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PEOPLE OSTEOMYELITIS OF SKULL BASE
CERUMEN IS YELLOW, BROWN, WHITE OR GRAY
What causes conductive hearing loss? - Impacted cerumen, foreign bodies, perforated
tympanic membrane, pus or serum in middle ear, otosclerosis
IS CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS CURABLE? - YES WITH MEDICAL OR SURGICAL
THERAPY OR BOTH
What is sensorineural hearing loss? - "DETERIORATION OF THE COCHHLEA"
hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea's receptor cells or to the auditory nerves;
also called nerve deafness
WHAT ARE CAUSES OF SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS - -Presbycusis (AGE
RELATED HEARING LOSS)
-Chronic Noise Trauma
-Ototoxicity
-Viral Attack
, NEURAL HEARING LOSS INVOLVES WHICH CRANIAL NERVE - 8TH
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF NEURAL HEARING LOSS - acoustic neuroma, multiple
sclerosis, and auditory neuropathy
PERSISTENT TINNITUS IS INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF - SENSORY HEARING
LOSS
PULSATILE TINNITUS IS WHAT - "LISTENING TO ONES OWN HEARTNEAT"
INDICATES VASCULAR ABNORMALITY
WHAT IS THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR NONPULSATILE TINNITUS -
AUDIOMETRY
WHAT IS THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR UNILATERAL TINNITUS - MRI TO R/O
COCHLEAR LESION
WHAT IS THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR PULSATILE TINNITUS - MRA/MRV AND
TEMPORAL BONE CT TO C/O VASCULAR LESION OR SIGMOID SINUS
ABNORMALITY
WHAT IS PERIPHERAL VERTIGO - ONSET IS SUDDEN, OFTEN ASSOCIATED
WITH TINNITUS AND HEARING LOSS, NV, HORIZONTAL NYSTAGMUS MIGHT BE
PRESENT
WHAT IS CENTRAL VERTIGO - ONSET IS GRADUAL, NO ASSOCIATED AUDITORY
SYMPTOMS
WHAT IS A +DIX-HALLPIKE - TEST FOR VERTIGO WHEN CHANGING POSITIONS
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR VERTIGO - AUDIOLOGIC EVAL
CALORIC STIMUULATING
ENG
VNG
VEMPS
MRI
WHAT ARE THE COMMON SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE VIRAL RHINOSINITUS - NASAL
CONGESTION
CLEAR DISCHARGE**********
HYPOSMIA (DECREASED SMELL)
ERYTHEMATOUS EDEMA NASAL MUCOSA
<4 WEEKS OR 10 DAYS
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