XIV. Learning Unit: Emergency clinical pictures in oto-rhino-laryngology
Fruzsina Bódis MD
Introduction
The following chapter details clinical pictures requiring urgent interventions in ear-nose- and laryngology, with a primary focus on acute activities. These diseases are usual in any medical field, and the first care the patient receives may determine his/her future. In this chapter, therefore, we aim to give some support for the first steps to recognize these diseases.
This chapter aims at recognizing acute clinical pictures and to focus on the first steps.
Key words: haemorrhage, asphyxia, fracture, hearing impairment, vertigo, facial paresis, sinusitis, abscess
Welcome message
Welcome the reader! I wish you some good time with this chapter. I hope you will find it useful not only for the exam, but also during your work as a physician.
Time necessary to apprehend/learn the material: 4 hours
Literature
1. Rogan Corbridge, Nicolas Steventon: Oxford handbook of ENT and head and neck surgery
2. W. Becker, H. H. Naumann, C. R. Pfaltz: Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases
3. Tabularium : Otorhinolaryngologiae (szerk: Z. Szabó László dr. )
Structure of the chapter
XIV./1.: Haemorrhages
14.1.1.: Bleeding from the ear 14.1.2.: Nose bleeding (Epistaxis) 14.1.3.: Bleeding from the oral cavity XIV./2.: Dyspnoe
XIV./3.: Trauma
14.3.1.: Nasal bone fracture 14.3.2.: Facial fractures
XIV./4.: Acute hearing impairment
XIV./5.: Acute dizziness (vertigo) XIV./6.: Acute facial paresis
XIV./7.: Sinusitis with complication XIV./7.1.: Facial cellulitis XIV./7.2.: Orbital complications:
XIV./7.3.: Intracranial complications
XIV./7.4.: Bone-related complications - Osteomyelitis XIV./8.: Abscesses
XIV./8.1.: Peritonsillar abscess (supratonsillar or retrotonsillar abscess)
XIV./8.2.: Cervical abscesses
