what complication of sinusitis are adolescent males more prone to?
a. intracranial abscess
b. potty puffy tumor
c. orbital cellulitis
d. dental infection
intracranial abscess
patient with sinusitis should be instructed not to participate in which activity?
a. swimming/diving
b. boxing/wrestling
c. weight lifting
d. cross-country running
swimming/diving
all of the following may predispose a patient to thrush except
a. age
b. steroid therapy
c. antibiotics
d. poor oral hygiene
poor oral hygiene
a 9 month old is noted to have a bifed uvula. This would increase his risk of developing which disorder?
a. otitis media
b. retropharyngeal abscess
c. sinusitis
d. dental malocclusion
otitis media
a 10 year old has a single painful ulcerated lesion on an erythematous base on the inner buccal mucosa. The most likely
diagnosis and treatment would be?
a. herpes simplex stomatitis-oral acyclovir
b. herpangian-viscous xylocaine
c. aphthous ulcer-triamcinolone in orabase
d. hand foot and mouth - antibiotic mouthwash
c
Initial exposure to the herpes virus may produce all of the following except:
a. fever & dehydration
b. submandibular lymph nodes
c. vesicular lesions on tonsils
d. friable & edematous gingivia
c
the organism that causes hand foot and mouth syndrome is what virus?
a. cytomegalovirus
b. parainfluenza
c. varicella
d. coxsackie
d
which of the following complications of strep pharyngitis cannot be prevented with antibiotics?
a. peritonsillar abscess
b. cervical adenitis
c. glomerulonephritis
d. acute rheumatic fever
c.
, In addition to penicillin, all of the following antibiotics can be used to treat strep pharyngitis except:
a. clindamycin
b. erythromycin
c. bactrim
d. ceftriaxone
c
retropharyngeal abscess is typically seen in what age group and includes which mainstay treatment?
a. neonates; hospitalization for IV antibiotics
b. 2-to-6 year olds; ICU admission and IV antibiotics
c. 6- to-12 year olds; outpatient antibiotics
d. adolescents; ent drainage of abscess
b
Findings consistent of peritonsillar abscess include all of the following except:
a. muffled voice
b. unilateral enlargement of tonsil
c. trismus
d. exudate on tonsils
d
Appropriate lab tests to obtain in assessment of cervical adenitis include all of the following except:
a. throat culture
b. mono test
c. PPD test
d. blood culture
d
The incidence of epiglottis has decreased because of which vaccine?
a. Hib
b. Prevnar
c. Varicella
d. Meningococcal
a
Patients with epiglottis prefer to sit in what position?
a. sitting up and leaning forward
b. left lateral position
c. supine with neck hyperextended
d. 45 degree upright, resting back
a
All but which one of the following conditions requires urgent inpatient admission?
a. cervical adentitis
b. retropharyngeal abscess
c. epiglottis
d. orbital cellulitis
a
conductive hearing loss can be caused by
a. brain tumor
b. ototoxic drug exposure
c. loud noises
d. serous otitis
d
a. intracranial abscess
b. potty puffy tumor
c. orbital cellulitis
d. dental infection
intracranial abscess
patient with sinusitis should be instructed not to participate in which activity?
a. swimming/diving
b. boxing/wrestling
c. weight lifting
d. cross-country running
swimming/diving
all of the following may predispose a patient to thrush except
a. age
b. steroid therapy
c. antibiotics
d. poor oral hygiene
poor oral hygiene
a 9 month old is noted to have a bifed uvula. This would increase his risk of developing which disorder?
a. otitis media
b. retropharyngeal abscess
c. sinusitis
d. dental malocclusion
otitis media
a 10 year old has a single painful ulcerated lesion on an erythematous base on the inner buccal mucosa. The most likely
diagnosis and treatment would be?
a. herpes simplex stomatitis-oral acyclovir
b. herpangian-viscous xylocaine
c. aphthous ulcer-triamcinolone in orabase
d. hand foot and mouth - antibiotic mouthwash
c
Initial exposure to the herpes virus may produce all of the following except:
a. fever & dehydration
b. submandibular lymph nodes
c. vesicular lesions on tonsils
d. friable & edematous gingivia
c
the organism that causes hand foot and mouth syndrome is what virus?
a. cytomegalovirus
b. parainfluenza
c. varicella
d. coxsackie
d
which of the following complications of strep pharyngitis cannot be prevented with antibiotics?
a. peritonsillar abscess
b. cervical adenitis
c. glomerulonephritis
d. acute rheumatic fever
c.
, In addition to penicillin, all of the following antibiotics can be used to treat strep pharyngitis except:
a. clindamycin
b. erythromycin
c. bactrim
d. ceftriaxone
c
retropharyngeal abscess is typically seen in what age group and includes which mainstay treatment?
a. neonates; hospitalization for IV antibiotics
b. 2-to-6 year olds; ICU admission and IV antibiotics
c. 6- to-12 year olds; outpatient antibiotics
d. adolescents; ent drainage of abscess
b
Findings consistent of peritonsillar abscess include all of the following except:
a. muffled voice
b. unilateral enlargement of tonsil
c. trismus
d. exudate on tonsils
d
Appropriate lab tests to obtain in assessment of cervical adenitis include all of the following except:
a. throat culture
b. mono test
c. PPD test
d. blood culture
d
The incidence of epiglottis has decreased because of which vaccine?
a. Hib
b. Prevnar
c. Varicella
d. Meningococcal
a
Patients with epiglottis prefer to sit in what position?
a. sitting up and leaning forward
b. left lateral position
c. supine with neck hyperextended
d. 45 degree upright, resting back
a
All but which one of the following conditions requires urgent inpatient admission?
a. cervical adentitis
b. retropharyngeal abscess
c. epiglottis
d. orbital cellulitis
a
conductive hearing loss can be caused by
a. brain tumor
b. ototoxic drug exposure
c. loud noises
d. serous otitis
d
