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EM ENT
Emergency Medicine ENT
15
Medical
Post-Graduate
01/21/2009

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Term
Tx Auricular hematoma
Definition
Drainage -> compression dressings -> f-up 24 hrs.
Complication: cauliflower ear
Term
Si/Sx cavernous sinus thrombosis
Definition
-Proptosis
-Dilations of episclera veins
-Palsies 3-6
-Fundus venous engorgement
-Fever
-Decr. MS
Term
Potential complication of frontal/ethmoidal sinusitis
Definition
Cavernous sinus thrombosis
Term
Mandibular dysf fx
Definition
Limited opening, deviation on opening, mal-occlusion, pain, trismus
Term
Ellis I Fx
Definition
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Term
Le Fort I
Definition
Palate-facial disjunction. Horizontal fx of maxilla at the level of the nasal floor

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Term
Lefort II
Definition
Le Fort II fx (pyramidal) may result fr a blow to the lower or mid maxilla. •Pyramidal shape & extends fr the nasal bridge at or below the nasofrontal suture through the frontal processes of the maxilla, inferolaterally through the lacrimal bones & inf. orbital floor & rim through or near the inf. orbital foramen, & inf. through the ant. wall of the max. sinus; it then travels under the zygoma, across the pterygomaxillary fissure, and through the pterygoid plate

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Term
Lefort III
Definition
Cranio-facial disjunction - fx through the zygomatico-frontal suture or zygomat & the frontal bone above the nose

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Term
MC source post-epistaxis
Definition
Splenopalatine artery
Term
Si/Sx Suppurative parotitis
Definition
Usually elderly, ternder, trismus, purulent d/c stensons duct, fever
Term
Tx Suppurative parotitis
Definition
❑ Naf, methicillin ❑ Hydration ❑ Heat ❑ Massage ❑ Sialogogues
Term
MCC epiglottitis
Definition
H. Flu Type B
Term
Ellis II fx
Definition
Enamel + dentin exposed / Hot-cold sensitivity

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Term
Ellis III Fx
Definition
Enamel + dentin + pulp exposed *True emergency: bleeding & pain

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Term
Retropharyngeal abscess pathogens
Definition
Staph, GA Strep, anaerobs
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