Upper respiratory tract infections

Question 1

otitis media signs

Answer 1

ear infection, common, redness, starts with primary viral infection, secondary infection with pneumococcus, spontaneous rupture of drum

Question 2

treatment of otitis media

Answer 2

analgesia, antibiotics probs don’t work

Question 3

tonsillitis/pharyngitis

Answer 3

common, do a throat swab,

Question 4

croup symptoms

Answer 4

stridor, hoarse voice, barking cough, runny nose, common

Question 5

epiglottitis symptoms

Answer 5

stridor, drooling, rare, toxic

Question 6

rhinitis signs

Answer 6

very common, winter months, prodrome to other illnesses, runny nose, cold

Question 7

what organisms cause upper respiratory tract infections

Answer 7

bacteria, rhinoviruses, adenoviruses, parainfluenza, influenza, Eb virus

Question 8

clinical presentations of common upper respiratory tract infections

Answer 8

tonsilitis/pharyngitis, common cold, EB virus glandular fever, otitis media, sinusitis