Mastering Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) for NEET-PG and INI-CET in Just 3 Days

ENT — 3-Day Plan (NEET-PG & INI-CET)

Daily Targets

  • Read/Revise core topics (3–4 hours).
  • MCQs (100–120/day) in timed blocks (25–30 each).
  • Make 3–5 mini-cards/day (algorithms, differentials, first steps).

Day 1 — Ear Foundations

  • Otoscopy basics: drum landmarks; pars tensa vs flaccida; attic retraction.
  • Tuning forks: Rinne, Weber, ABC; conductive vs sensorineural patterns.
  • Audiology: air–bone gap; common PTA shapes; tympanogram types A/As/Ad/B/C.
  • External ear: otitis externa (diffuse vs furuncle); malignant OE (diabetics).
  • Middle ear: AOM stages; OME (adenoids link, grommet basics); barotrauma; traumatic TM perforation.
  • Start vestibular: BPPV (Dix–Hallpike, Epley).

MCQs (focus)

  • Rinne/Weber patterns, tympanograms, OME vs AOM, BPPV clues.

Day 2 — COM, Otosclerosis, Inner Ear

  • COM: safe (tubotympanic) vs unsafe (atticoantral/cholesteatoma).
  • Cholesteatoma signs: retraction pocket, attic perforation; complications overview.
  • Surgery concepts: tympanoplasty types I–V; cortical/modified radical mastoidectomy.
  • Otosclerosis: progressive CHL; Carhart notch; management outline.
  • Vestibular continued: Ménière (SNHL + vertigo + tinnitus/fullness); vestibular neuritis vs labyrinthitis.
  • Sudden SNHL first steps; ototoxicity basics (aminoglycosides, cisplatin).
  • Hearing in children: OAE/ABR (BERA); cochlear implant indications (concept).

MCQs (focus)

  • COM vs cholesteatoma, Carhart notch questions, Ménière vs neuritis, sudden SNHL.

Day 3 — Nose, Throat, Larynx, Salivary, Neck

  • Rhinitis: allergic vs non-allergic patterns.
  • Sinusitis: acute vs chronic; red flags for orbital/intracranial spread; allergic fungal pointers.
  • Epistaxis: Little’s area vs posterior; stepwise management; septal hematoma drainage; nasal fracture first steps.
  • Sinonasal masses: polyps (ethmoidal vs antrochoanal); JNA (adolescent male + epistaxis); inverted papilloma; nasopharyngeal carcinoma (basic cues); mucormycosis first steps.
  • Tonsils/adenoids: acute/chronic tonsillitis basics; quinsy features and drainage; adenoid symptoms and link to OME.
  • Larynx/airway: hoarseness approach; vocal nodules/polyps; Reinke oedema; stridor types; croup vs epiglottitis; laryngeal cancer pointers; tracheostomy indications/early issues; foreign body airway/oesophagus basics.
  • Salivary: sialadenitis/sialolithiasis; pleomorphic adenoma; facial nerve in parotid.
  • Neck masses: thyroglossal cyst, branchial anomalies, metastatic nodes (concept).

MCQs (focus)

  • Epistaxis steps, polyp laterality/age, JNA clues, croup vs epiglottitis, FB airway approach.

Rapid Revision (evening of Day 3)

  • Hearing tests one-pager: Rinne/Weber outcomes; tympanogram quick cues.
  • COM “safe vs unsafe” + cholesteatoma must-knows.
  • Vertigo triad: BPPV vs Ménière vs vestibular neuritis.
  • Epistaxis algorithm; septal hematoma; nasal fracture first steps.
  • Quinsy signs; airway red flags; croup vs epiglottitis snapshot.
  • Tracheostomy indications and immediate complications.

Practice Pattern (all days)

  • Timed MCQ blocks (25–30) → immediate review → write one rule learned from each error.
  • Vignette flow: diagnosis → first step → next test → basic management.
  • Keep mini-cards: hearing test patterns, epistaxis steps, vertigo differentials, COM vs cholesteatoma.
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