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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).

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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 towards 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. With which of the following statements regarding recurrent respiratory papillomatosis would Restrepo et al (Imaging Clinic) disagree?

a. It is also known as juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis.

b. It is common.

c. It is caused by the herpes simplex virus.

d. It is the most common cause of hoarseness in children.

2. Which of the following is not among the characteristics of molluscum contagiosum lesions as described by Nelson and Thompson in this month's Pathology Clinic?

a. 2 to 6 mm in diameter

b. pink

c. tender

d. sessile

3. Cohen et al (Esophagoscopy Clinic) state that the formation of scar tissue is inevitable when a carbon dioxide laser is used in the treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis of the larynx.

True or False?

4. Ambro et al cite an NIH survey in which what percentage of pregnant women surveyed took medications during their first trimester?

a. 20%

b. 30%

c. 40%

d. 50%

5. With which of the following statements would Ambro et al disagree?

a. Bacterial infections of the head and neck are uncommon during pregnancy.

b. Virtually all antimicrobial agents readily cross the placenta.

c. Most drug safety data that apply to pregnancy are based on pregnancy registries and research on pregnant animals.

d. Fetal defects in the palate and ears are most common when teratogenic drug exposure occurs in the tenth week of pregnancy.

6. Which of the following is not among the symptoms Ingram and Richardson state are associated with turbinate hypertrophy or concha bullosa?

a. nasal congestion

b. headache

c. rhinorrhea

d. facial pain

7. According to Kesse et al, which of the following regarding pleomorphic adenomas is true?

a. They are the most common of the benign parotid tumors.

b. They occur most often in the elderly.

c. They generally are painful.

d. They usually grow rapidly.

8. Which of the following is the initial imaging modality of choice for assessing palpable parotid lesions, according to Kesse et al?

a. computed tomography

b. magnetic resonance imaging

c. combination of a & b

d. ultrasonography

9. Based on the article by Lindman and Woolley, which of the following statements regarding parotid calculi is false?

a. Their exact etiology is unknown.

b. They are rare in children.

c. There are no pharmacologic agents that effectively dissolve salivary calculi.

d. Treatment of choice in the United States is ultrasound-guided piezoelectric extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy.

10. To prevent surgical complications of emergency tracheostomies in patients who might have a cervical-rib abnormality, Prepageran and Raman recommend that x-rays routinely be obtained before the procedure is undertaken.

True or False?

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