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What frequency of tuning fork is used for the ear?

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512 Hz

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What type of tuning fork is used for the diabetic foot exam?

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128

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What are the 6 D’s of ear disease?

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  1. Deafness
  2. Discomfort
  3. Discharge
  4. Dizziness
  5. Din Din - tinnitus
  6. Defective movement of face
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What are the nerves that could cause earache?

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V, VII, IX, X C2 and C3

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Give three examples of conditions involving discharge of the ear?

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AOM, COM AND CSF

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What is another term otitis media with effusion?

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glue ear

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What ear condition involves skin in the wrong place?

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Cholesteatoma - looks like a collection of ice

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What imaging is good for cholesteatomas?

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CT scan of temporal bone

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Is benign positional paroxysmal vertigo very common?

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Yes - commonest cuse of vertigo looking up

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What might be observed in vestibular pathologies?

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Nystagmus

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Name a haematological condition that causes dizziness>?

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Anaemia

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What condition has this pathophysiology: otolith material from urticle displaced into semicircular canals. Most commonly in posterior SCC?

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Benign Positional Paroxysmal Vertigo

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What is the difference between benign positional paroxysmal vertigo and vertebrobasilar insufficiency?

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Need other symptoms of impaired circulation in posterior brain for example visual disturbance, weakness and numbness

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What condition involves vertigo on looking up, turnng in bed, bending forward and moving the head quickly?

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Benign Positional Paroxysmal Vertigo

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How long does BPPV attacks normally last?

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Brief episodes

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Name three treatments for BPPV?

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  1. Epley Manouevre
  2. Semont Manoeuvre
  3. Brandt-Daroff Exercises
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What is the test for BPPV?

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Hallpike’s Test

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What is the name for this test: sit on couch so that head will be off end, turn head 45 to one side, warn patient not to close eyes, lie back quickly as comfortable and hold in position to observe?

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Dix-Hallpike test - nystagmus

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What condition involves prolonged vertigo (days), no associated tinnitus or hearing loss and probably has viral aetiology?

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Vestibular Neuronitis

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What is the difference between labrynthitis and vestibular neuronitis?

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Labrynthitis may be associated with tinnitus or hearing loss

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What disease involves a history of recurrent, spontaneous, rotational vertigo with at least two episodes > 20 mins often lasting hours?

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Menieres disease

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What other symptoms are felt in an attack of Menieres other than dizziness?

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Occurence or worsening of tinnitus on the affected side, occurence of aural fullness on the affected side and other causes excluded

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What preventative meausres can be used for Menieres disease?

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  1. Salt restriction
  2. Betahistine
  3. Caffeine
  4. Alcohol
  5. Stress
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Give three management options for Menieres?

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  1. Grommet insertion
  2. Intratympanic gentamicin/steroids
  3. Surgery
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What condition involves episodic vestibular symptoms of at least moderate severity with at least one of migranous headache, photophobia, phonophobia, visual or other aura?
Probable Migrainous Vertigo
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What are the vocal cords doing during phonation?
Closed
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What do neonates breathe through ?
Nasal breathers
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What can be said about the tongue size and sublgottis shape in neonates?
Relatively large tongue | Narrow subglottis 3.5mm at thh cricoid
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What gives a tad pole appearance in the larynx?
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
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Should you do a tracheostomy in children?
They should be avoided at all possibilites
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What condition is usually felt as being soft and boggy on the nose?
Septal haematoma
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What condition could a cribiform plate fracture lead to/
Anosmia
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What is the management of epistaxis?
Arrest/slow flow: pressure, ice, topical vasoconstrictor +/- lignocaine and adrenaline
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How are CSF leaks from the nose treated?
Often settle spontaneously - need repair after 1 days
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What clinical sign suggests a temporal bone fracture?
Battle sign bruising
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What blow does a longitudinal fracture of the temporal bone result in?
Lateral blow
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What does a frontal blow result in?
Transverse fracture
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What can cause conductive hearing loss in a normal looking ear?
Stapes fixation - otosclerosis
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Name the weak point of orbit?
Infraorbital groove
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What does the tear drop sign on CT suggest?
Blow out fracture - medial wall and floor
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Wjat type of drug is cetirizine?
Anti-histamines
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Name a decongestant?
Pseudoephedrine
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What type of drug is ipratropium?
Anti-cholinergics
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What are the four s's of nasal disease?
Stuffy, smell, snot and sore
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Which is more worrying in nasal symptoms - unilateral or bilateral?
Unilateral
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What can cause infective rhinitis?
Viral upper respiratory tract infection
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Give a cause of non-infective rhinitis?
Allergic
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Name a few intermittent causes of allergic rhiniits and some persistent?
Grass pollen Tree pollen Fungal spores - intermittent House dust mite Cat Dog - persistent
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Name the three pillars of treatment for allergic rhinitis?
1. Allergic avoidant 2. Symptomatic therapy - antihistamines, topical steroids 3. Immunotherapy
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What are often associated with non-allergic asthma, are treated with oral then topical steroids and if no better are surgically removed?
Nasal polyps
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What can acute infective rhinosinusitis present with?
1. Facial pain 2. Discharge 3. Nasal blockage
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What investigations should you not do when managing infective rhinitis?
Nasal x-ray | Sinus x-ray
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What must you exclude in nasal trauma?
Septal haematoma
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What must you do if a child or adult presents with unilateral discharge?
Refer urgently
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What is an emergency complication of acute sinusitis?
Orbital cellulitis
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What is the name for the ring of lymphoid aggregation in the subepithelial layer of oropharynx and nasopharynx?
Waldeyer's ring
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What is the tonsil contiguous inferiorly with?
The lingual tonsil
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What is the lining of the tonsils?
Stratified squamous epithelium
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What is the lining of the adenoids?
Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium
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What are the 3 layers of adenoids?
1. Ciliated pseudostratified columnar 2. Stratified squamous 3. Transitional
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Describe the differences in crypts and folds with tonsils and adenoids?
Tonsils - deep crypts | Adenoids - deep folds
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What is the biggest viral cause of acute tonsillitis?
EBV | Then rhinovirus, influenza, parainfluenza, enterovirus and adenovirus
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What are the four centor criteria for bacterial tonsilitis?
1. History of fever 2. Tonsillar exudates 3. Tender anterior cervical adenopathy 4. Absence of cough
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What antibiotic should be given for bacterial tonsilitis?
Penicillin
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Name a complication of acute tonsillitis?
Peritonsilar abscess
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What presents with unilateral throat pain and odynophagia, trismus (difficulty opening mouth) and 3-7 days of preceding acute tonsilitis?
Peritonsilar abscess
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How is peritonsilar abscess treated?
With aspiration and antibiotics
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What presents with gross tonsillar enlargement with membranous exudate, marked cervical lymphadenopathy, palatal petechial haemorrhages, generalised lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly?
Glandular fever
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How do you test for glandular fever?
Atypical lymphocytes in peripheral blood - IgM or positive monospot
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What happens if you give amoxilcillin to a glandular fever or tonsilitis patients?
Macular rash will result
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What presents with chronic sore throat, malodorous breath, presence of tonsilliths, peritonsillar erythema, persistent tender cervical lymphadwenopathy?
Chronic tonsillitis
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What presents with obligate mouth breathing, hyponasal voice, snoring and AOM/OME?
Adenoid obstructive hyperplasia
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What presents with snoring and muffled voice?
Obstructive hyperplasia of tonsils
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What are some signs of OME/glue ear?
TM retraction and dullness Visible fluid or bubbles Conductive hearing loss

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