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A boy injured his ear during a rugby match. He reported it being painful. Examination: red and tender pinna. Tympanic membrane was normal. What would be the next appropriate step?

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A boy injured his ear during a rugby match. He reported it being painful. Examination: red and tender pinna. Tympanic membrane was normal. What would be the next appropriate step?

  1. Topical gentamicin
  2. Oral flucloxacillin
  3. IV flucloxacillin
  4. Refer to ENT specialist
  5. No further intervention needed.
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waelhammad
2022-11-05
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The key is E. No further intervention needed. [As tympanic membrane is normal so this transient inflammation of pinna from injury during rugby match is self limiting which needs no further intervention].

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