Upper Airway Obstruction

Question 1

What is CHARGE syndrome

Answer 1

C — COLOBOMA of the eye’
H — HEART defect
A — ATRESIA of choanae
R — Retardation of growth
G — GENITAL anomalies
E — EAR anomalies

Question 2

Most common etiology in VIRAL CROUP

Answer 2

PARAINFLUENZA virus

Question 3

(+) LOW grade
(+) BARKING cough
(+) STEEPLE sign

Answer 3

VIRAL CROUP

Question 4

Most common cause of EPIGLOTTITIS

Answer 4

H. Influenzae TYPE B

Question 5

(+) HIGH fever
(+) Muffled voice
(+) DROOLING
(+) THUMBPRINT/LEAF sign

Answer 5

EPIGLOTTITIS

Question 6

Response of VIRAL CROUP to RACEMIC EPINEPHRINE

Answer 6

STRIDOR IMPROVES

Question 7

(+) Prominent itching and sneezing, nasal EOSINOPHILIA

Answer 7

ALLERGIC RHINITIS

Question 8

(+) UNILATERAL FOUL-SMELLING discharge
(+) Bloody nasal secretion

Answer 8

Foreign body in the nose

Question 9

(+) Headache
(+) Facial pain
(+) Periorbital edema
(+) Rhinorrhea >2 weeks

Answer 9

SINUSITIS

Question 10

Persistent rhinorrhea with onset in the FIRST 3 months of life (SNUFFLES)

Answer 10

CONGENITAL SYPHILIS

Question 11

(+) Hx of PROLONGED USE of TOPICAL or ORAL DECONGESTANT

Answer 11

RHINITIS MEDICAMENTOSA

Question 12

Paroxysms of cough leaving the baby breathless and subconjunctival hemorrhages

Answer 12

PERTUSSIS or WHOOPING COUGH

Question 13

Sinuses present at BIRTH

Answer 13

Maxillary and Ethmoid

Question 14

What sinuses are pneumatized at 4 y/o

Answer 14

SPHENOID

Question 15

What sinuses begin to develop at 7-8 y/o

Answer 15

FRONTAL