upper respiratory disorders

Question 1

rhinitis

Answer 1

• common cold
• elderly, young and immunity compromised pts. are in danger
• PEOPLE CAN COME IN CONTACT WITH IT

Question 2

UPPER RESPIRATORY CONDITONS

Answer 2

• INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATORY CONDITONS
• RHINITIS
• PHARYNGITIS & LARYNGITIS
• TONSILLITIS AND EPIGLOTTIS
• INFLUENZA
• SINUSITIS

Question 3

INFLUENZA

Answer 3

MOST LIFE THREATENING TO ELDERLY, YOUNG AND IMMUNIOCOMPROMISED PTS.

Question 4

TONSILLITIS

Answer 4

*DANGEROUS IN THE YOUNG AS IT COULD OBSTRUCT AIRWAY

Question 5

LARYNGITIS

Answer 5

SORE THROAT, INFLAMMATION

Question 6

EPIGLOTIS

Answer 6

IN CHILDREN CAN OCCLUDE AIRWAY

Question 7

SINUSES

Answer 7

• MAXILLARY (MOST COMMON)
• FRONTAL
• ETHMOIDAL
• SEGMOIDAL

Question 8

CALDWELL LUC

Answer 8

*SURGERY FOR PTS THAT NEEDS SINUSES DRAINED IN THE MAXILLARY SINUS

Question 9

DIAGNOSIS OF SINUSITIS

Answer 9

*CAT SCAN, TRANSALUMINATE

Question 10

TRAUMATIC AND OBSTRUCTIVE UPPER RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS

Answer 10

• NASAL FRACTURES
• NASAL POLYPS
• DEVIATED NASAL SEPTUM
• FOREIGN BODY OBSTRUCTION
• EPISTAXIS

Question 11

UPPER RESPIRATORY LARYNGEAL TUMORS

Answer 11

• RISK FACTORS: TOBACCO, ALCOHOL, TOXINS

* S&S: HORSENESS (DOESN’T GO AWAY); DYSPHAGIA (ESOPHAGEAL LARYNGEAL PROBLEM) DYPSNEA, PAIN

Question 12

TUMORS

Answer 12

EXCESS GROWTH OF CELLS

Question 13

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS TREATMENT OF LARYNGEAL TUMORS

Answer 13

• TESTS: LARYNGOSCOPY/BIOPSY-MRI-CAT SCAN
• TREATMENT: RADIATION, CHEMO, FULL OR PARTIAL LARYNGECTOMY
• TREATMENT DEPENDENT ON THE EXTENT, TYPE AND LOCATION OF LESION

Question 14

POSTOP CONCERNS LARYNGECTOMY

Answer 14

• AIRWAY (STRIDOR) MEDICAL EMERGENCY
• NUTRITION
• BODY IMAGE
• SPEECH REHABILITATION: ESOPHAGEAL SPEECH, TEP(TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL PUNCTURE