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What are examples of otological conditions?

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  • Hearing loss
  • Otorrhea
  • Otalgia
  • Tinnitus
  • Vertigo
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What are important considerations for diagnosing child with hearing loss cause?

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  • Congenital vs acquired
  • Unilateral vs bilateral
  • Conductive vs sensorineural
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What is commonly seen in the history of child with hearing loss?

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  • Ear symptoms
    • Pain
    • Discharge
    • Loss of function (hearing loss, dizziness, tinnitus)
  • Speech development, school performance
  • Behaviour problems
  • Maternal perinatal infections
  • Delivery issues
  • Neonatal infections, drugs, jaundice
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What are common ear symptoms in hearing loss in children?

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  • Ear symptoms
    • Pain
    • Discharge
    • Loss of function (hearing loss, dizziness, tinnitus)
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How do you assess the hearing of children of different age groups:

  • 6 to 18 months
  • 12 months to 3 years
  • 3 to 5 years
  • 4 years onwards
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  • 6 to 18 months
    • Distraction test
  • 12 months to 3 years
    • Visual reinforced audiometry
  • 3 to 5 years
    • Play audiometry
  • 4 years onwards
    • Pure tone audiometry
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What can an objective assessment of the auditory system be done by?

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  • Otoacoustic emissions
  • Auditory brain stem responses
  • Tympanometry
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What are examples of conditions that can cause hearing loss?

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  • Otitis media with effusion/glue ear
  • Autoinflation
  • Grommet
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What is ottitis media with effusion also called?

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Glue ear

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Ottitis media with effusion - risk factors

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  • Day care, smoking, cleft palate, down syndrome
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Ottitis media with effusion - treatment

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  • Most improve by themselves within 3 months time
  • Treat with hearing aids or grommets
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Ottitis media with effusion - aetiology

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  • Eustachian tube dysfunction
  • Adenoidal hypertrophy
  • Resolving AOM
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Ottitis media with effusion - signs and symptoms

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  • Symptoms
    • Hearing loss
    • Speech delay
    • Behaviour problems
    • Academic decline
    • Imbalance
  • Signs
    • Dull TM
    • Fluid levels
    • Bubbles
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What is the most common cause of a child with painful/discharging ear?

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  • Otitis externa
    • Acute is common for 3-18 months olds
      • Short history, pain, fever, discharge
      • Microbiology important, haemophilus influenze, strep pneumonia, Moraxella catarrhalis
      • Treat with antibiotics (such as co-amoxiclav), also with grommets and adenoidectomy if recurrent
    • Complication of acute is it becoming chronic
      • Suspect in children with chronic discharging ear, hearing loss despite grommets
      • Investigation is CT scan
      • Requires mastoidectomy
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Otitis externa - presentation

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  • Short history, pain, fever, discharge
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Otitis externa - investigations

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  • Microbiology important, haemophilus influenze, strep pneumonia, Moraxella catarrhalis
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What microorganisms most commonly cause otitis externa in children?

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  • Microbiology important, haemophilus influenze, strep pneumonia, Moraxella catarrhalis
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Acute otitis externa - treatment

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  • Treat with antibiotics (such as co-amoxiclav), also with grommets and adenoidectomy if recurrent
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When should chronic otitis externa be suspected in children?

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  • Suspect in children with chronic discharging ear, hearing loss despite grommets
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Chronic otitis externa - investigations

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  • Investigation is CT scan
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Chronic otitis externa - treatment

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  • Requires mastoidectomy
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What is the study of the ear and diseases called?

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What is the study of the nose and diseases called?

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Rhinology = studying the anatomy and diseases of the nose

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What are examples of rhinology conditions?

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  • Blocked nose
  • Runny nose
  • Sneezing
  • Reduced sense of smell
  • Facial pain
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What is often seen in the history for child with blocked/runny nose?

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  • Nasal symptoms
    • Pain
    • Discharge
    • Loss of function (blocked nose, sense of smell)
  • History of foreign body
  • Feeding
  • Snoring, quality of sleep
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What is the aetiology of child with blocked/runny nose?
* Rhinitis * Allergic vs non allergic * Allergen tests (IgE) * Nasal douching, antihistamines, nasal steroids * Large adenoids * Check for sleep apnoea * Foreign body * Unilateral * Needs EUA * Sinusitis and polyps * Overlapping symptoms with rhinitis/large adenoids * Acute vs chronic sinusitis * Associated with cystic fibrosis * Choanal atresia * Uncommon (1 in 6000-8000 births) * Bilateral manifests as unable to breathe
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Rhinitis - aetiology
* Allergic vs non allergic
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Rhinitis - investigations
* Allergen tests (IgE)
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Rhinitis - treatment
Nasal douching, antihistamines, nasal steroids
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Large adenoids - investigations
* Check for sleep apnoea
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Epistaxis - pathology
* Bleeding nose
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Epistaxis - epidemiology | (how commen, sex)
* Common * Males more than females
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Epistaxis - management
* Appropriate first aid * Antibiotic ointments * Nasal packing
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What should be considered in epistaxis?
Consider coagulopathy/haematological abnormalities
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What is the study of the anatomy and diseases of the throat called?
Laryngology = study of the anatomy and diseases of the throat
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What are examples of laryngological conditions?
* Sore throat * Airway issues * Hoarseness * Dysphagia
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What is often seen in the history for a child with a sore throat?
* Throat symptoms * Pain (odynophagia, ear ache) * Discharge (cough) * Loss of function (dysphagia, breathing problems, hoarse voice) * Snoring, drooling
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Causes of child with sore throat?
* Tonsillitis * Bacterial (b haem strep B) or viral (EBV) * Risk of glomerulonephritis * Antibiotics * Complications * Peritonsillar abscess * UVULA
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Tonsillitis - most common organisms
* Bacterial (b haem strep B) or viral (EBV)
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Tonsilitis - treatment
* Antibiotics
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Tonsillitis - complications
* Peritonsillar abscess * UVULA
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What is seen in the anatomy and physiology for children with airway issues?
* Large tongue * Large tonsils * Large/floppy epiglottis * Short neck * Sub glottis narrowest
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What is seen in the history for child with airway issues?
* Usually as an emergency * History of foreign body * Recent illness * Feeding problems * Stridor
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What are causes of child with airway issues?
* Epiglottitis * Laryngomalacia
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What are neck lumps in children caused by?
* Thyroglossal duct cyst * Branchial cyst * Cystic hygroma * Cervical lymphadenopathy
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