CME test

Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, Oct, 2005

Sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education

To obtain CME credits, complete the test below, following these guidelines:

1. Read each article carefully.

2. Choose the most appropriate response to each of the following questions and record these on the registration form. Unanswered questions are considered incorrect.

3. Send the completed registration form and your payment (check, money order, VISA, MasterCard, American Express) to the Center for Continuing Education, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC).

4. After your test has been graded, you will receive a receipt, a copy of the correct answers, and a credit statement certifying completion from the UNMC. Questions about the test should be addressed to UNMC Center for Continuing Education (402-559-4152).

Credit: The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials.

1. Chan, in this month's Imaging Clinic, states that McCune-Albright syndrome is included in which type of fibrous dysplasia?

a. type I

b. type II

c. type III

d. type IV

2. According to Mamak et al, sudden hearing loss is defined as a sensorineural hypoacusis of at least 30 dB in 3 consecutive speech frequencies that has occurred within the previous 5 days.

True or False

3. With which of the following statements regarding sudden hearing loss would Mamak and colleagues agree?

a. Its etiopathogenesis has been well defined.

b. Most cases are idiopathic.

c. Vertigo is present in as many as 60% of cases.

d. Approximately 80% of cases are unilateral.

4. According to Thompson (Pathology Clinic), which of the following statements regarding parathyroiditis is false?

a. It is rare and poorly understood.

b. Most patients with this condition are asymptomatic.

c. It is characterized by a slightly enlarged gland.

d. Antibodies to parathyroid tissue are seen in most cases.

5. Amin et al state that most eases of nasal glioma that have been reported in the literature have occurred in:

a. elderly patients

b. middle-aged adults

c. infants

d. young adults

6. Nasal glioma is malignant, as evidenced by the presence of microscopic abnormalities, according to Amin et al.

True or False

7. Which of the following is considered a rare complication of tonsillectomy, according to Patel and Brookes?

a. cardiac arrhythmia

b. pneumomediastinum

c. hemorrhage

d. aspiration of blood

8. The patient Patel and Brookes describe in their case report developed subcutaneous emphysema after undergoing a tonsillectomy as a result of his:

a. repeated sneezing

b. repeated coughing

c. repeated nose blowing

d. repeated performance of Valsalva's maneuver