Otorhinolaryngological and Ophthalmological Emergencies — Advanced Guide to Emergency Medicine

Emergency · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Compendium of high clinical specialization for differential diagnosis, pathophysiological approach, emergency pharmacological therapy and criteria for immediate surgical intervention in otorhinolaryngological and ocular pathology.

What it covers

1. ENT and Ophthalmological Emergencies
2. Epistaxis
3. · Vascular Anatomy of the Nasal Cavity
4. · Etiology and Pathophysiology
5. · Systematic Management Protocol in Emergencies
6. Foreign Bodies in Otorhinolaryngology
7. · 1. Optical Location
8. · 2. Nasal Location
9. · 3. Pharyngeal and Hypopharyngeal Foreign Bodies
10. Complicated Acute Otitis Media and Mastoiditis
11. · Pathophysiology of Dissemination
12. · Systemic Classification of AOM Complications
13. · Diagnostic Evaluation and Imaging Criteria
14. Deep Neck Infections and Abscesses
15. · Fascial Compartmentation of the Neck
16. · Main Clinical Entities
17. · Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment Protocol
18. Acute Laryngeal Dyspnea and Epiglottitis
19. · Pathophysiology of Laryngeal Obstruction
20. · Acute Epiglottitis (Supraglottis)
21. · Algorithm for Intervention in Difficult Airway Due to Laryngeal Cause
22. Maxillofacial Trauma and Temporal Bone Fractures
23. · 1. Nasal Trauma and Septal Hematoma
24. · 2. Otohematoma (Auricular Subperichondrical Hematoma)
25. · 3. Fractures of the Temporal Bone (Posterior Skull Base)
26. Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy
27. · Clinical Differential Diagnosis: Central vs. Peripheral
28. · House-Brackmann Scale (Severity Staging)
29. · Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (Otic Herpes Zoster)
30. · Emergency Pharmacological Therapeutic Scheme
31. Severe Red Eye — Differential Diagnosis
32. · Systematic Examination Algorithm
33. · Comparative Semiology of the Red Eye
34. Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma (ACGF)
35. · Pathophysiology of Pupillary Block
36. · Clinical Presentation
37. · Urgent Therapeutic Decompression Protocol
38. Sudden Non-Painful Vision Loss
39. · Posterior Pole Differential Diagnosis
40. Eye Trauma and Chemical Burns
41. · 1. Eye Chemical Burns
42. · 2. Open Eye Trauma (Perforated Eyeball)
43. · 3. Acute Hyphema
44. · 4. Orbit Fractures ("Blow-out")
45. Preseptal Cellulitis vs. Orbital Cellulitis
46. · Pathophysiology of Dissemination
47. · Clinical Differentiation in Emergencies
48. · Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Protocol
49. Acute Corneal Pathology and Corneal Ulcers
50. · 1. Acute Bacterial Keratitis
51. · 2. Herpetic Keratitis (Herpes Simplex — HSV)
52. · 3. Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (VHZ)
53. Referral Protocols and Emergency Vademecum
54. · 1. Preferential or Mandatory Hospital Referral Criteria
55. · 2. Ophthalmic and ENT Emergency Vademecum