CME test.Sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center In 1991, a technology transfer office was created known as UNeMed. In 1997, the UNMC hospital merged with the nearby hospital operated by Clarkson College to become what was later renamed The Nebraska Medical Center. , Center for Continuing Education To obtain CME CME See: Chicago Mercantile Exchange CME See Chicago Mercantile Exchange (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 The Accrediting Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) is the overseeing body for continuing medical education (CME) in the United States. The ACCME sets the standards for the accreditation of all providers of CME activities. (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education continuing medical education See CME. for physicians. The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3 hours in category I credit towards the AMA (Automatic Message Accounting) The recording and reporting of telephone calls within a telephone system. It includes the calling and called parties and start and stop times of the call. 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. Of the following, which is not listed by Dodson et al as an advantage of intratympanic steroid perfusion for the treatment of Meniere's disease? a. It provides long-term vertigo control. b. It is nondestructive. c. It is associated with a low rate of complications. d. It is minimally invasive. 2. The findings of Dodson et al's study indicate that steroid perfusion does not alter the course of Meniere's disease. True or False? 3. With which of the following statements regarding myofibromas would Kassenoff et al disagree? a. Most are identified in infancy and early childhood. b. The lesions are usually painless. c. Solitary nodules Nodules A small mass of tissue in the form of a protuberance or a knot that is solid and can be detected by touch. Mentioned in: Leprosy usually occur in the head and neck. d. Reddish-pink discoloration of the overlying overlying suffocation of piglets by the sow. The piglets may be weak from illness or malnutrition, the sow may be clumsy or ill, the pen may be inadequate in size or poorly designed so that piglets cannot escape. skin may be present. 4. Which of the following, according to Kassenoff et al, is not among the most common sites for infantile myofibromas? a. skull b. oral cavity c. ear canal d. scalp 5. In the retrospective chart review performed by Baredes et al, involving 55 patients treated for head and neck cancer who had received percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy See PEG. (PEG) tube feeding, what percentage of patients had experienced complications associated with the use of PEG tubes? a. 5.5% b. 10.9% c. 19.0% d. 0.0% 6. According to Cansiz et al, the first use of hyoid bone hyoid bone n. A U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the muscles of the tongue. hyoid bone (hī´oid), n as a graft to treat laryngotracheal stenosis was reported in what year? a. 1928 b. 1938 c. 1960 d. 1977 7. What is the maximum duration for stent placement, when used in laryngeal reconstruction with a muscle-pedicle hyoid bone flap, that Cansiz et al recommend? a. 3 to 5 days b. 7 to 10 days c. 10 to 15 days d. 15 to 20 days 8. According to Brookler in this month's Vestibulology Clinic, when agoraphobia Agoraphobia Definition The word agoraphobia is derived from Greek words literally meaning "fear of the marketplace." The term is used to describe an irrational and often disabling fear of being out in public. arises from a vestibular system disorder, dizziness is always present. True or False? 9. Which of the following is not named by Mercado and Goldberg (Rhinoscopic Clinic) as a consequence of the impaction of a foreign body in the nasal cavity? a. nasal obstruction b. accumulation of mineral salts on the foreign body c. foul-smelling, bloody discharge d. chronic epistaxis epistaxis /ep·i·stax·is/ (-stak´sis) nosebleed; hemorrhage from the nose, usually due to rupture of small vessels overlying the anterior part of the cartilaginous nasal septum. ep·i·stax·is n. 10. Approximately what percentage of paragangliomas behave in a malignant fashion, according to Witkiewicz et al (Pathology Clinic)? a. 5 to 10% b. 10 to 15% c. 15 to 20% d. 20 to 25% |
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