CME test.

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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.

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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. According to sources cited by Migirov and Kronenberg, which of the following antibiotics are most often used in the management of acute mastoiditis?

a. aminoglycosides

b. fluoroquinolones

c. cephalosporins

d. macrolides

2. Based on the article by Migirov and Kronenberg, intracranial complications of acute otomastoiditis are usually a direct result of the infection's spread.

True or False?

3. What is/are the potential cause(s) of dysphagia following anterior cervical fusion, according to Butler et al in this month's Dysphagia Clinic?

a. recurrent and/or superior laryngeal nerve injury

b. scarring of the pharynx

c. pharyngeal plexus injury

d. all of the above

4. With which of the following statements regarding computerized dynamic posturography would Sataloff et al disagree?

a. It is more specific than electronystagmography (ENG).

b. It provides information on the multiple sensory systems that contribute to balance maintenance.

c. It measures postural control under a variety of somatosensory and visual conditions.

d. It is useful for assessing patients in whom it is impossible to confirm or quantify a balance abnormality through conventional techniques such as ENG.

5. Based on this month's Pathology Clinic, by Thompson, which of the following statements regarding dyshormonogenetic goiter of the thyroid gland is false?

a. It can be caused by many biochemical defects.

b. It is the most common cause of permanent congenital hypothyroidism.

c. It can mimic follicular carcinoma.

d. Its prevalence is 1 in 30,000 to 50,000 live births.

6. According to Dinis et al, it has been well established that a specific receptor for Helicobacter pylori exists in the posterior nose.

True or False?

7. Sources cited by Yanagisawa et al in this month's Rhinoscopic Clinic state that antrochoanal polyps account for what percentage of all nasal polyps?

a. 0.7 to 1.6%

b. 2.5 to 3.7%

c. 3.7 to 6%

d. 7.8 to 28%

8. Which of the following statements regarding antrochoanal polyps is true?

a. The antral component is always cystic.

b. The traditional method of ensuring complete removal of the antral portion has been inferior meatal antrostomy.

c. They occur more commonly in adults than in children.

d. They typically arise from the ipsilateral maxillary sinus.

Circle the most appropriate answer.

1.   a   b   c   d   5.   a   b   c   d

2.   True   False    6.   True   False

3.   a   b   c   d   7.   a   b   c   d
4.   a   b   c   d   8.   a   b   c   d

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