Anatomy
Acute Otitis Media
Acute Otitis Media with Effusion
Acute Otitis Externa
Acute Mastoiditis
100
Two parts of the outer ear.
What are the Auricle/Pinna and the exterior auditory canal?
100
6 to 12 months of age.
What is the peak incidence of AOM?
100
Two aspects of this image that make infection less likely.
What are minimal erythema, air fluid levels/bubbles?
100
Most common season for Otitis Externa.
What is summer?
100
Mastoiditis is usually a complication of this disease.
What is Acute Otitis Media (AOM)?
200
Connects the Middle Ear to the Nasopharynx.
What is the Eustachian Tube?
200
2 most common bacteria associated with AOM.
What are Strep Pneumoniae and Haemophilus Influenza?
200
A complication of Otitis Media with Effusion (OME)
What are conductive hearing loss, affects on speech, and delays in development?
200
Supportive measures to prevent Acute Otitis Externa
What are Ear plugs, drying, and instillation of isopropyl alcohol and/or vinegar.
200
The incidence of mastoiditis is highest in children of this age.
What is less than 2 years old?
300
Lateral boundary of the Middle Ear
What is the Tympanic Membrane?
300
Most common complication of AOM
What is tympanic membrane perforation?
300
90% of Otitis Media with effusion resolve with this.
What is time?
300
Most of common bacteria associated with Acute Otitis Externa.
What is Pseudomonas Aeruginosa?
300
Most common bacteria associated with Mastoiditis.
What are Haemophilus influenza and Strep pneumonia?
400
The 3 auditory ossicles.
What are the Stapes, Incus and Malleus?
400
Preferred antibiotic treatment for AOM in PCN allergic patients.
What are cedinir, cefuroxime, cefpodoxime, clindamycin?
400
Two things that may cause more harm than good in treating OME.
What are antibioitcs, steroids, decongestants and antihistamines?
400
Osteomyelitis of the ear canal often with fever and severe pain.
What is Malignant Otitis Externa?
400
Preferred initial treatment of Mastoiditis.
What is broad spectrum IV antibiotics?
500
Cavity in the inner ear that responds to vibration and produces a nerve impulse.
What is the Cochlea?
500
Three of the rare complications of AOM
What are mastoiditis, meningitis, abscess, venous sinus thrombosis, facial or abducens nerve palsy?
500
Possible treatment of Otitis Media with Effusion lasting over 3 months.
What is tympanostomy tube placement?
500
Preferred treatment of Acute Otitis Externa.
What are topical Fluoroquinolone drops?
500
Destructive, expanding growths of the middle ear consisting of keratinizing epithelial cells that can lead to mastoiditis.
What is a Cholesteatoma?