Sara Shared "EENT (Ear, Eye, Nose, and Throat) Disorders" - 16 Picmonics
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EENT (Ear, Eye, Nose, and Throat) Disorders
Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
- Mechanism
- Dry (nonexudative)
- Wet (exudative)
- Signs and Symptoms
- Scotomas
- Blurred, Darkened Vision
- Loss of Central Vision
- Distortion of Vision
- Considerations
- Drug Therapy
- Surgery
- Low-vision Assistive Devices
2 mins
Detached Retina
- Assessment
- Flashes of Light
- Floaters
- Curtain Like Shadow
- Interventions
- Eye Patch
- Bed Rest
- Surgical Emergency
- Considerations
- No Vigorous Activity
2 mins
Cataract
- Mechanism
- Age-related
- Assessment
- No Pain
- Cloudy Opaque Lens
- Decreased Visual Acuity
- Occurs Gradually
- Treatment
- Surgery
1 min
Visual Field Defects - Homonymous Hemianopia
- Visual Field Abnormality
- Homonymous Hemianopia
- Vision Loss - Both Eyes Same Side
- Location of Lesion
- Optic Tract
- Parietal Lobe
1 min
Visual Field Defects - Right Anopia
- Visual Field Abnormality
- Right Anopia
- Complete Vision Loss in 1 Eye
- Location of Lesion
- Right Optic Nerve
- Causes
- Retinoblastoma
- Gliomas
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Visual Field Defects - Bitemporal Hemianopia
- Visual Field Abnormality
- Bitemporal Hemianopia
- Both Eyes Outside Vision Loss
- Tunnel Vision
- Location of Lesion
- Optic Chiasm
- Causes
- Suprasellar Compression
- Pituitary Adenoma
- Craniopharyngioma
1 min
Visual Field Defects - Anatomy Overview
- Optic Nerve
- Vision Loss in One Eye
- Optic Chiasm
- Bitemporal Hemianopia - Both Eyes Outside Vision Loss
- Optic Tract
- Homonymous Hemianopia - Both Eyes Same Side
- Dorsal Optic Radiation
- Lower Quadrantic Vision Loss
- Meyer's Loop
- Upper Quadrantic Vision Loss
2 mins
Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma (PACG - Acute)
- Mechanism
- Rapid Increase in IOP
- Signs and Symptoms
- Rapid Onset
- Pain
- Blurred Vision
- Halos Around Lights
- Nausea and Vomiting
- IOP over 30 mm Hg
- Considerations
- Drug Therapy
- Surgery
1 min
Closed-Angle Glaucoma
- Primary
- Lens causes pupillary obstruction
- Aqueous humor builds behind iris
- Iris bends forward, obstructing trabecular mesh
- Secondary
- Hypoxia Causes Neovascular Proliferation
- Contraction and obstruction of trabecular mesh
- Chronic disease (Crone)
- Asymptomatic
- Acute Disease
- Eye pain and blindness
- Rock-hard eye
- Headache
- Emergency
- Epinephrine contraindicated
2 mins
Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG - Chronic)
- Mechanism
- Flow of Aqueous Humor Slowed
- Signs and Symptoms
- Slow Onset
- No Pain
- Tunnel Vision
- IOP 22-32mm Hg
- Considerations
- Drug Therapy
1 min
Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Humor Has Access to Trabecular Meshwork
- Presentation
- Painless
- African American
- Elderly
- Positive Family History
- Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Most Common Form of Glaucoma
- Unknown Mechanism
- Secondary Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Blocked Trabecular Meshwork (With Open-Angle)
- WBCs
- Red Blood Cells (RBC)
- Retinal Products
2 mins
Otitis Media Assessment
- Red or Bulging Tympanic Membrane
- Ear Pain
- Pulling at Ear
- Fever
- Upper Respiratory Infection
- Considerations
- More Common in Young Children
- Eustachian Tube Narrower
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Smoking Increases Risk
2 mins
Otitis Media Interventions
- Antipyretics
- Analgesics
- Antibiotics
- Irrigation
- Position on Affected Side
- Myringotomy
- Tympanostomy Tube
2 mins
Meniere's Disease
- Mechanism
- Excess Endolymph
- Signs and Symptoms
- Tinnitus
- One-sided Sensorineural Hearing Loss
- Vertigo
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Considerations
- Meclizine (Antivert)
- Low Salt Diet
- Surgery
2 mins
Schwannoma
- Characteristics
- Acoustic Schwannoma
- Cranial Nerve VIII
- Cerebellopontine Angle
- S100 Positive
- Bilateral Schwannoma in Neurofibromatosis Type 2
- Tinnitus
- Cranial Nerve V
- Affects Corneal Reflex
2 mins
Lichen Planus
- Pathophysiology
- Mucocutaneous Disorder
- 30-60 year olds
- Signs & Symptoms
- Pruritic
- Plaques or Papules
- Purple & Polygonal
- Often Mucosal or Genital Involvement
- Wickham Striae
- Diagnosis
- Biopsy
- Sawtooth Infiltrate of Lymphocytes
- Treatment
- Topical Corticosteroids
- Considerations
- Hepatitis C Association
2 mins
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