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 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. Cmejrek and Megerian state that the most reliable animal model for endolymphatic hydrops is:

a. the albino rat

b. the mustached bat

c. the guinea pig

d. the vervet monkey 

2. All cases of Meniere's disease are idiopathic, according to Cmejrek and Megerian.

True or False?

3. According to Chandra and Kennedy, the infraorbital nerve is a direct extension of the maxillary division of which cranial nerve?

a. IVth

b. Vth

c. VIth

d. VIIth

4. With which of the following statements regarding Pena-Shokeir syndrome would Boesen and French disagree?

a. It is rare.

b. It is associated with facial anomalies.

c. Its etiology has been well established.

d. It usually affects newborns.

5. Severe pulmonary hypoplasia has been reported to be present in what percentage of patients with Pena-Shokeir syndrome, according to Boesen and French?

a. 53%

b. 63%

c. 73%

d. 83%

6. A source cited by Boesen and French estimates that Pena-Shokeir syndrome strikes 1 in how many newborns?

a. 12,000

b. 25,000

c. 52,000

d. 70,000

7. Based on this month's Pathology Clinic by Thompson, which of the following statements about branchial cleft cyst is true?

a. Its diagnosis is generally easy to determine.

b. There is usually a separation between its lymphoid component and the epithelium.

c. It typically is a tender mass.

d. It occurs more commonly in male than in female patients.

8. Thompson (Pathology Clinic) states that surgical excision is the treatment of choice for branchial cleft cyst.

True or False?