Acute Mastoiditis

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Patient presents with fever, chills. Examination reveals tenderness over mastoid and retroauricular swelling. Anterior displacement of auricle.

Bulging and unhealthy tympanic membrane.

  • Initiate intravenous antibiotics and refer
Medicine  Adult Dose  Frequency Duration
benzylpenicillin iv/im  0.1MU/kg stat -
or ceftriaxone iv/im 80mg/kg stat -