Peritonsillar Abscess aka PTA: hot potato voice, unilateral throat, ear, neck, jaw pain, difficulty swallowing, and a few day history of sore throat, and usually a pretty good fever. Priorities: airway management, drainage of the abscess either by needle aspiration, or in the OR with surgical intervention, and symptom control. Typically these patients have a high level of pain and are dehydrated because it was too painful for them to swallow fluids for the last couple of days!  Intended for edu
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Peritonsillar Abscess aka PTA: hot potato voice, unilateral throat, ear, neck, jaw pain, difficulty swallowing, and a few day history of sore throat, and usually a pretty good fever. Priorities: airway management, drainage of the abscess either by needle aspiration, or in the OR with surgical intervention, and symptom control. Typically these patients have a high level of pain and are dehydrated because it was too painful for them to swallow fluids for the last couple of days!  Intended for edu
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