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Potpourri
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Ciprodex or Polytrim drops are the standard treatment for this condition.
What is Otitis Externa?
100
Type of njury caused by a change in air pressure, typically affecting the ear or lung.
What is barotrauma?
100
In this test a vibrating tuning fork is used to distinguish conductive from sensorineural hearing loss
What is the Weber and Rinne test?
100
Infection characterized by pruritic, painful tenderness of the external canal. Most common organisms: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staph aureus, Enterobacteriaceae and Proteus species
What is "swimmer's ear" (otitis externa)?
100
Chronic condition presenting with episodes of vertigo, tinnitus, and fluctuations in hearing
What is Meniere's Disease?
200
Management of Acute Mastoiditis consists of these Strep pneumoniae directed antibiotics +/- pseudomonal coverage
What is IV Rocephin/Unasyn w Vancomycin OR Clindamycin?
200
Cotton swabs or other foreign bodies commonly cause this trauma to the ear. Patient experiences sudden hearing loss, severe otalgia or vertigo. May report small amount of bleeding from ear.
What is traumatic tympanic perforation?
200
Structure of the ear containing tiny hair-like auditory receptors which detect vibratory input and convert them into electrical impulses which are transmitted to the brain via the auditory nerve.
What is the cochlea?
200
Impaired tympanic membrane mobility using this modality indicates middle ear effusion and is the most sensitive indicator of AOM
What is pneumatic otoscopy?
200
Condition causing retro-auricular erythema and tenderness, as well as protrusion of the auricle, caused by direct extension of infectious fluid from the middle ear through a small channel called the Aditus ad antrum
What is Acute Mastoiditis? Preceding history of acute OM not resolved after 2 or more weeks
300
Installation of this medication is recommended when an insect is present in the auditory canal
What is viscous lidocaine?
300
Localized collections of subperichondrial blood that typically result either from blunt impact or from friction, as commonly occurs during wrestling
What is an Auricular Hematoma?
300
Type of hearing loss that is most likely reversible Examples include: otitis media, middle ear effusion and cerumen impaction
What is CONDUCTIVE hearing loss?
300
Streptococcus pneumonia, nontypeable Haemophilus influenza, and Moraxella catarrhalis are the most common causes of this type of ear infection in children 6-24 months of age
What is bacterial acute otitis media?
300
A serious sign of extension of Malignant Otitis Externa and usually the first cranial nerve involved
What is the Seventh Cranial Nerve?
400
First line therapy for AOM in children younger than 6 months of age, children between 6-24 months if the diagnosis is unclear, and in those with signs of severe infection
What is Amoxicillin 80-90mg/kg/day?
400
This organism most commonly causes PERICHONDRITIS associated with the fashion trend of transcartilaginous piercings
What is Pseudomonas?
400
Type of hearing loss caused by dysfunction of the inner ear Causes include: idiopathic, infectious (viral infections- mumps, bacterial meningitis), autoimmune disease, neoplasms, cerebrovascular disease and ototoxic medication
What is SENSORINEURAL hearing loss?
400
Potentially life threatening, extremely aggressive bacterial ear infection afflicting diabetics and immunocompromised patients. Most commonly caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus or fungal disease
What is Necrotizing (malignant) otitis externa? Complications include further CN involvement, osteomyelitis, meningitis, brain abscess and sinus thrombosis.
400
Also known as herpes zoster oticus, this infection is characterized by a vesicular otic and periauricular eruption with severe pain (often out of proportion to exam findings), unilateral facial paralysis and vestibulocochlear dysfunction
What is Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome?
500
Antipseudomonal antibiotic regimen used to treat malignant (necrotizing) otitis externa
What is a fluoroquinolone?
500
Most commonly injured organ in a blast injury? Absence of injury to this organ places pt at a very low risk of having sustained damage to another organ
What is the tympanic membrane?
500
Three tiniest bones in the body (malleus, incus and stapes) which form the coupling between the vibration of the eardrum and the forces exerted on the oval window of the inner ear
What are the Auditory Ossicles?
500
Direct inflammation and infection of the tympanic membrane caused by a viral or bacterial agent. Vesicles or bullae filled with blood or serosanguineous fluid on an erythematous tympanic membrane are hallmark
What is Bullous Myringitis? Used to be linked to Mycoplasma pneumonia, however based on middle ear aspirates, true cause is most commonly Strep Pneumoniae
500
This ototoxic class of medications is most commonly implicated for high frequency hearing loss, tinnitus, disequilibrium and vertigo. Ototoxicity more likely in elderly patients and those with underlying renal insufficiency.
What are Aminoglycoside antibiotics?
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