Tonsillitis

Question 1

How do you define recurrent tonsillitis

Answer 1

7 in last year
5 per year for 2 years
3 per year for 3 years

Question 2

List the Centor crtiteria for bacterial tonsillitis

Answer 2

history of fever
tender cervical lymphadenopathy
tonsillar exudate
absence of cough

Question 3

treatment of bacterial tonsillitis

Answer 3

phenoxymethylpenicillin or clarithromycin

Question 4

indications for tonsillectomy

Answer 4

recurrent tonsillitis

OSA

Question 5

what are complications of tonsillectomy

Answer 5

pain
haemorrhage
<24 hr - surgical technique
>24 hr - infectious from not eating or drinking early enough