CME Test.

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 answer form. Unanswered questions are considered incorrect.

3. Send the completed answer form to the Center for Continuing Education, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). The fee for this test has been paid by the supplement sponsor.

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 hours in category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

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

1. Which is not a component of the plasma excision device?

a. active and return electrodes

b. saline media through a drip port

c. suction port

d. vibrating titanium blade

2. Scalpel dissection is associated with a longer period of postoperative pain and a more difficult recovery than is conventional electrosurgery.

True or False?

3. Which instrument can he used for both total and intracapsular tonsillectomy?

a. harmonic scalpel

b. powered tissue microdebrider

c. plasma excision device

4. How much heat does the harmonic scalpel generate?

a. 40 to 70[degrees]C

b. 60 to 100[degrees]C

c. 100 to 150[degrees]C

d. 200 to 300[degrees]C

5. Which procedure for total tonsillectomy requires a second modality for definitive hemostasis in most cases?

a. electrodissection

b. harmonic scalpel

c. plasma excision

6. Intracapsular tonsillectomy is generally reserved for obstructive tonsillar hypertrophy rather than recurrent tonsillitis.

True or False?

7. Which instrument is not used to perform adenoidectomy?

a. harmonic scalpel

b. powered tissue microdebrider

c. plasma excision device

d. All can be used.

8. Traditionally, most pediatricians have not been particularly concerned about which tonsillectomy procedure a surgeon uses.

True or False?

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