Presentation #13, final one!

Defining Abbreviations

Pressure equalizing tube

• Abbreviation: PE tube• Pressure equalizing tubes are placed in the

cases that present with frequent acute otitis media, early hearing loss due to otitis media, poor response to antibiotics for otitis media. Usually occur in children. http://www.petube.org/Hbw/pdf/TeachingHandoutPEtubes.pdf

• 2 types of PE tubes available, which is placed is determined by your EENT and patient’s needs.– Grommet-shaped – T-tubes http://www.petube.org/Lbw/images/procedure7.jpg

Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat

• Abbreviation: EENT• Physician specializing on the eyes, ears, nose

and throat treating diseases and conditions.• A.K.A ENT or otorhinolaryngologist or

ophthalmologist w/ENT.• It is a fine line between otorhinolaryngologist and

ophthalmologist because not too long ago they were under the EENT heading, then ophthalmology separated from the EENT.

Bone Conduction

• Abbreviation: BC• It is the process of sound waves within the

inner ear that vibrate the bones of the skull. http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/bone+conduction

• A test performed to evaluate the nerve and bone conduction is the Rinne and Weber fork tests.

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Both Ears

• Abbreviation: AU

• Abbreviation: AD is for right ear

• Abbreviation: AS is for left ear

• These are basic Latin and Greek bases.

• AU is aures unitas (Latin base).

• AD is  auris dextra (Latin base).

• AS is auris sinistra (Latin base).

Otitis Media

• Abbreviation: OM http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Otitis_media_incipient.jpg

• Middle ear infection.

• Preceded by Upper Respiratory Infection (URI).

• Common with children.

• Due to the short eustachian tube and bacteria traveling from the pharynx.

Emmetropia

• Abbreviation: EM

• Normal vision

• This is when

all the light rays

are of equal length

and meet on the

retina.

http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~huph/emmetropia.jpg

Exotropia

• Abbreviation: XT

• This is an eye condition with the eyeballs turning outward or laterally.

• This is primarily from weakness of the eye muscles.

http://www.opmnj.com/images/ophthalmic/exotropia.jpg

Left Eye

• Abbreviation: OS

• Located lateral to the nose and medial to the temple.

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Extraocular Movement

• Abbreviation: EOM

• Cranial Nerves III, IV and VI are responsible for eye movement.

• Eyes are stabilized by the different groups of muscles flexing and relaxing.

• If 1 muscle is inflicted with trauma, the eye will not focus and begin to have double vision.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dons/part_1/chapter_4.html

Visual Acuity

• Abbreviation: VA

• This a visual test that measures the sharpness of a patient’s vision.

• The test provides letters of varying sizes and is placed 20 feet away.

• This was developed by Dr. Hermann Snellen.

• A.K.A Snellen chart.

http://www.optivision2020.com/image-files/snellen-chart.jpg

Chapter 13And Final

Presentation

By

Lillian Ingram