Condition Info - BotMed Application

ConditionName

Barotrauma

ConditionDescription

Symptoms

Severe pain; History of diving (24 h within presentation). 
Conductive hearing loss; tinnitus. 
With perilymph fistula: sensorineural hearing loss and/or vertigo;
Symptoms worsen during rapid increase in external air pressures during scuba diving or air travel.

PhysicalFindings

Otoscopic examination:
bleeding behind TM: perforation of TM

ClinicalTests

RiskFactors

IsRedFlag

IsNPLEX

Consequence

ProgressionFromCondition

TreatmentOptions

ER: otolaryngologist
Surgery

PharmOptions

Mistakes: antibiotics, corticosteroids

WebLink

https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/ear,-nose,-and-throat-disorders/middle-ear-and-tympanic-membrane-disorders/otic-barotrauma?query=Barotrauma | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499851/