Full Description
Highly Commended in the ENT category at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2008 Lecture Notes: Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat, now in its tenth edition, is an ideal learning aid covering the core principles of this important specialty. With concise chapters, this text is renowned for its brevity, clarity and lavish illustrations. This edition has been thoroughly revised and rewritten to reflect the latest developments in the specialty and contemporary curriculum, and features: * New material on otitis media, tonsils, voice disorders, head and neck cancer and obstructive sleep apnoea * Coverage of relevant basic science at a level to assist the student to fully understand the clinical topic * Clinical Practice Points which provide nuggets of wisdom about patient management * Over 200 self-assessment questions to aid revision and understanding * Emphasis on sensible primary-care management of common presentations Lecture Notes: Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat is a thorough, digestible companion to ENT for all medical students and junior doctors, as well as General Practitioners and ENT nurse practitioners.
Contents
Preface to the tenth edition. 1 The earClinical examination of the ear. 3 Testing the hearing. 4 Deafness. 5 Conditions of the pinna. 6 Conditions of the external auditory meatus. 7 Injury of the tympanic membrane. 8 Otitis media. 9 Acute otitis media. 10 Chronic otitis media. 11 Complications of middle-ear infection. 12 Otitis media with effusion. 13 Otosclerosis. 14 Earache (otalgia). 15 Tinnitus. 16 Balance disorders. 17 Facial nerve paralysis. 18 Clinical examination of the nose and nasopharynx. 19 Foreign body in the nose. 20 Injuries of the nose. 21 Epistaxis. 22 The nasal septum. 23 Miscellaneous nasal infections. 24 Acute and chronic sinusitis (rhinosinusitis). 25 Tumours of the nose, sinuses and nasopharynx. 26 Rhinitis and nasal polyps. 27 Choanal atresia. 28 Adenoids. 29 The oropharynx and tonsils. 30 Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea. 31 The larynx: applied basic science and examination. 32 Laryngotracheal trauma. 33 Inflammatory disorders of the larynx. 34 Head and neck cancer. 35 Voice disorders. 36 Airway obstruction in infants and children. 37 The pharynx. 38 Tracheostomy. 39 Diseases of the salivary glands. 40 Neck lumps. Multiple choice questions. Answers to multiple choice questions. Index
