Eyes, ears, nose and throat conditions flashcards
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Twenty flashcards on common eye, ear, nose and throat conditions: key symptoms, signs, tests and first treatment.
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- Painful red eye, halos and a fixed mid-dilated pupil?
- Acute angle-closure glaucoma.
- Sudden painless vision loss with a cherry red spot?
- Central retinal artery occlusion.
- Flashes, floaters and a curtain over vision?
- Retinal detachment.
- Fluorescein stain shows a dendritic ulcer?
- Herpes simplex keratitis.
- Contact lens corneal ulcer: organism to cover?
- Pseudomonas.
- Proptosis and pain with eye movement after sinusitis?
- Orbital cellulitis; CT and IV antibiotics.
- Bulging red eardrum in a child with ear pain?
- Acute otitis media.
- First-line antibiotic for acute otitis media?
- High-dose amoxicillin.
- Ear pain with tragus tenderness after swimming?
- Otitis externa.
- Brief vertigo triggered by turning the head?
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
- Posterior canal BPPV: test and treatment?
- Dix-Hallpike to diagnose, Epley maneuver to treat.
- Episodic vertigo, tinnitus, ear fullness and low-tone hearing loss?
- Meniere disease.
- Weber to the affected ear and bone louder than air on Rinne?
- Conductive hearing loss.
- One-sided sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus: rule out what?
- Acoustic neuroma, with MRI.
- Sore throat, muffled voice and uvula pushed to one side?
- Peritonsillar abscess.
- Centor criteria for strep throat?
- Fever, tonsillar exudate, tender front neck nodes, no cough.
- Treatment of strep pharyngitis?
- Penicillin or amoxicillin for 10 days.
- Anterior nosebleed: first step?
- Lean forward and pinch the soft nose firmly for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Drusen and central vision loss in an older adult?
- Macular degeneration.
- Hoarseness over 4 weeks in a smoker: next step?
- Laryngoscopy to look for cancer.