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| Controller therapy for allergic rhinitis |
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corticosteroid nasal spray
leukotriene modifiers (singulair)
mast cell stabalizers (cromolyn)
-little effect on acute symptoms |
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| Rescue therapy and symptom relief by minimizing nasal discharge |
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anticholinergic nasal spray (atrovent)
antihistamine nasal spray (astelin, astepro) |
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| Rescue therapy for allergic rhinitis by minimizing nasal congestion |
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oral/nasal decongestants (alpha adrenergic agonists)
oral: pseudoephederine (sudafed), phenylepherine (sudafed PE)
nasal: phenylepherine (neo-synepherine) Afrin |
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| A/E of 1st generation antihistamine due to anticholinergic effect (pneumonic) |
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also TCA, overactive bladder meds
Dry as a bone
Red as a beet
Mad as a hatter
Hot as a hare
Can't see
Can't pee
Can't spit
Can't shit |
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saline, sudafed, afrin, pheylepherine
SE
Increased workload of heart
increased blood pressure
difficulty with urination
CI
heart disease
htn
thyroid dz
DM
Elderly male |
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oh
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to
touch
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feel
a
good
vein
ah
heaven |
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| oculomotor- eyelid and eye ball movement |
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| trochlear- innervates superior oblique, turns eye downward and laterally |
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| trigeminal-chewing; face and mouth, touch and pain |
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| abducens- turns eye laterally |
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| facial- controls most facial expressions; secretion of tears and saliva; taste |
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| acoustic- hearing; equilibrium, sensation |
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| glossopharyngeal- taste, senses; carotid blood pressure |
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| vagus- senses aortic blood pressure; slows heart rate, stimulates digestive organs, taste |
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| spinal accessory- controls trapezious and sternocleiomastoid; controls swallowing movements |
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| hypoglossal- controls tongue movements |
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| evaluating ocular movement is which cranial nerves |
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| normal optic disk findings |
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Definition
fibers converge to form optic disc
yellow orange to pink in color; round oval shape with sharp margins
physiologic cup: optic disc ratio < 1:2 |
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paired artery and vein in each quadrant, vessels straighter on nasal side
arteries brighter, veins thinner
a:v ratio 2:3-4:5 |
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| deeply cupped optic disc...from what? |
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Definition
| angle closure glaucoma- too much pressure in eyeball |
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Term
| vision disturbance with senile cataracts |
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Definition
distance vision- trouble reading the signs while driving
caused by lens clouding
risk factors: tobacco, poor nutrition, sun exposure, corticosteroid therapy |
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Term
| vision change with macular degeneration |
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Definition
loss of central vision; most common cause of new onset blindness in older adult
thickening, slerotic changes in retinal basement membrane; painless vision changes
dry form- no tx
wet form- laster treatment |
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painless, gradual onset of increased IOP leading to optic atrophy
loss of peripheral vision; avoidable with ongoing tx
> 80% of all glaucoma
tx with topical miotics, beta blockers |
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sudden increase in IOP
unilateral, acutely red, painful eye with vision change including halos around lights, eyeball firm
immediate referral to optho |
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| after how many days of appropriate abx therapy should an AOM be better? If not signifies treatment failure |
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| cromolyn is a (class of drug) |
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