Otorhinolaryngological and Ophthalmological Emergencies — Advanced Guide to Emergency Medicine

Emergency Room · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Compendio de alta especialización clínica para el diagnóstico diferencial, abordaje fisiopatológico, terapéutica farmacológica de emergencia y criterios de intervención quirúrgica inmediata en patología otorrinolaringológica y ocular.

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 Exploration 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 Cellulite
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 — VHS)
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