CME test.

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 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. According to a source cited in the article by Leach et al, in patients who experience a serious reaction to the bite of a brown recluse spider, symptoms usually begin when?

a. within 1 to 6 hours

b. within 2 to 8 hours

c. within 4 to 10 hours

d. within 6 to 12 hours

2. The most common symptom of a brown recluse spider bite, Leach et al report, is:

a. blisters

b. pain

c. swelling

d. itching

3. Which of the following types of tinnitus is described by Nelson and Chen as audible to others besides the person experiencing it?

a. objective

b. subjective

c. central

d. peripheral

4. According to a report cited by Nelson and Chen, most patients with hyperacusis will eventually suffer from tinnitus.

True or False?

5. Pantanowitz and Balogh state that lysolecithin acylhydrolase comprises approximately what percentage of total cellular protein in eosinophils?

a. 5%

b. 10%

c. 15%

d. 20%

6. In this month's Dysphagia Clinic, Belafsky and Postma state that most laryngeal schwannomas arise from the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

True or False?

7. According to Osborne (Head and Neck Clinic), metastases to the skin from a primary tumor in the visceral upper aerodigestive tract occur in fewer than what percentage of all visceral carcinomas?

a. 10%

b. 7%

c. 5%

d. 2%

8. With which of the following statements regarding ossifying fibromas of the jaw would Gannon and Thompson (Pathology Clinic) disagree?

a. They are poorly circumscribed lesions.

b. They grow slowly.

c. They can be separated easily from surrounding tissue.

d. Histologically, they are fibro-osseus in character.

Ear, Nose and
Throat Journal
July 2004

Circle the most appropriate answer.

1.   a     b     c     d

2.   a     b     c     d

3.   a     b     c     d

4.   True        False

5.   a    b      c    d

6.   True        False

7.   a     b     c     d

8.   a     b     c     d

Deadline: June 2005

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