General Surgery — Flashcards

Patients with acute otitis media should be given _____ if there is no improvement within 3 days

Acute otitis media presents with: _____ which presents as ear tugging and crying in infants Conductive hearing loss which presents as speech/language delay in infants Otorrhoea if the tympanic membrane is ruptured Fever

Tonsillectomy is indicated if: • ≥ _____ episodes in one year • ≥ 5 episodes per year for 2 years • ≥ 3 episodes per year for 3 years

Suspected malignant otitis externa should be investigated with a _____ and MC&S (swab)

Acute otitis media is typically _____ and lasts 3 days, but can last up to 1 week

Consider _____ for acute otitis media if there is no-response to treatment OR the patient is severley unwell OR immunodeficiency

Hint: Investigation

Uncomplicated acute otitis media is managed with _____ +/- anaesthetic ear drops

Hint: Oral analgesia

Uncomplicated otitis externa is managed with _____ with or without a topical steroid

Otitis externa with signs of spreading infection may be managed with _____ in combination with topical treatment

Otoscopy of otitis externa will show an _____ & erythematous external canal with a non-bulging tympanic membrane which may be obscured by debris