Otolaryngology/Head and Neck (all articles)
Study from 116 countries suggests surgery should be delayed for at least seven weeks following a COVID-19 diagnosis to reduce mortality risk
11 Mar, 2021 | 08:35h | UTCOriginal study: Timing of surgery following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: an international prospective cohort study – Anaesthesia
Commentary on Twitter
Reported by > 100 news organisations and > 200k Twitter impressions in just a few hours!
Here is the new @CovidSurg infographic! Time to establish timing of surgery guidelines?@aneelbhangu @dnepo @JoanaffSimoes #FOAMed
🔗https://t.co/mRnV7U6u1w pic.twitter.com/BmKlxf9ZIK
— 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 (@Anaes_Journal) March 10, 2021
RCT: No benefit from oral corticosteroids following endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyposis
5 Mar, 2021 | 08:22h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Should you use oral steroids after sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis w/o polyps? Steroids may have no benefit (and some risk!) as found in this double-blinded placebo-controlled randomized trial conducted by @StanfordMed https://t.co/mgtF3FYiVs
— JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (@JAMAOto) March 4, 2021
Global patterns and trends in incidence and mortality of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents: a population-based study
5 Mar, 2021 | 08:10h | UTCGlobal patterns and trends in incidence and mortality of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents: a population-based study – The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Global thyroid cancer overdiagnosis in children and adolescents – MDEdge (free registration required) AND Global Thyroid Cancer Overdiagnosis in Children and Adolescents – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentary on Twitter
New #IARCpaper shows the incidence of thyroid cancer in children & adolescents, a rare condition everywhere before 2000, has increased rapidly in recent years in many countries, & suggests overdiagnosis is likely to be the main driver of these increases https://t.co/1ct8iEJSty pic.twitter.com/JIjBBAyKNv
— IARC (@IARCWHO) January 20, 2021
WHO Report: 1 in 4 people projected to have hearing problems by 2050
4 Mar, 2021 | 08:40h | UTCNews release: WHO: 1 in 4 people projected to have hearing problems by 2050 – World Health Organization
Report: World report on hearing – World Health Organization
Executive Summary: World report on hearing – World Health Organization
Commentary on Twitter
Today is World #HearingCare Day.
Over 1.5 billion people affected by hearing loss.https://t.co/581yAtKO0f pic.twitter.com/gbJ94IwZk3— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) March 3, 2021
Chronic suppurative otitis media: Cochrane evidence on treatment options
3 Mar, 2021 | 08:26h | UTC
The predicative clinical features associated with chronic cough that has a single underlying cause
3 Mar, 2021 | 08:14h | UTCNews release: Clinical features for indicating causes of chronic cough – American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
RCT: Endoscopic surgery improves survival compared with intensity-modulated radiotherapy in resectable locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma
28 Feb, 2021 | 20:45h | UTC
Systematic Review: Insufficient evidence to decide whether surgical intervention is beneficial or harmful for the early management of Bell’s palsy
26 Feb, 2021 | 08:20h | UTCSurgical interventions for the early management of Bell’s palsy – Cochrane Library
Summary: Surgical operation for Bell’s palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis) – Cochrane Library
RCT: Dimenhydrinate and metoclopramide equally effective in the treatment of nausea due to vertigo
26 Feb, 2021 | 08:12h | UTCComparison of efficacy dimenhydrinate and metoclopramide in the treatment of nausea due to vertigo; a randomized study – The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
RCT: Topical intranasal tranexamic acid does not reduce the need for nasal packing in epistaxis
21 Feb, 2021 | 22:02h | UTCThe Use of Tranexamic Acid to Reduce the Need for Nasal Packing in Epistaxis (NoPAC): Randomized Controlled Trial – Annals of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
TXA wasn't better than placebo in epistaxis in this well done RCT https://t.co/qA3yEXyvaM
Excellent work @adamreuben + team
Many of us (myself included) believed TXA a game changer in epistaxis
This trial must make us reexamine our practice pic.twitter.com/5QQsihlGC6
— Anand Swaminathan MD MPH 🏳️🌈🇺🇦 (@EMSwami) February 20, 2021
fMRI identifies smell and taste malfunction in COVID-19 patients
2 Feb, 2021 | 01:16h | UTCfMRI Identifies Smell and Taste Malfunction in COVID-19 Patients – Clinical Imaging
Commentary on Twitter
Absent BOLD fMRI Activation of Orbitofrontal Cortex in a Patient With Persistent Cacosmia and Cacogeusia After COVID-19 https://t.co/bAa7sf6wNR
— Nat Rev Neurology (@NatRevNeurol) January 25, 2021
Randomized trial: No benefit from corticosteroid nasal spray for recovery of smell sensation in COVID-19 patients
25 Jan, 2021 | 01:28h | UTC
Randomized trial: Dexamethasone and post-adenotonsillectomy pain in children
22 Jan, 2021 | 08:19h | UTC
COVID’s toll on smell and taste: what scientists do and don’t know
21 Jan, 2021 | 01:26h | UTCCOVID’s toll on smell and taste: what scientists do and don’t know – Nature
Postdischarge virtual visits for low-risk surgeries: A randomized noninferiority clinical trial
17 Jan, 2021 | 21:57h | UTCPostdischarge Virtual Visits for Low-risk Surgeries: A Randomized Noninferiority Clinical Trial – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Surgical Centers Warm Up to Video Chats, Texts for Patient Follow-Up – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Loss of smell in mild Covid-19 cases occurs 86% of the time, study says
13 Jan, 2021 | 02:20h | UTCLoss of smell in mild Covid-19 cases occurs 86% of the time, study says – CNN
Original study: Prevalence and 6‐month recovery of olfactory dysfunction: a multicentre study of 1363 COVID‐19 patients – Journal of Internal Medicine
Randomized trial: Proton pump inhibitors do not benefit patients with persistent throat symptoms
10 Jan, 2021 | 20:32h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Medicating random throat symptoms with proton pump inhibitors (for months) has, somehow, become routine care despite no gd evidence it actually helps.
So guess what happens if you compare 16 wk of double dose PPI with placebo in a proper trial?
…Yeah.https://t.co/mrnq4tcEUk pic.twitter.com/uZo630Sg9j
— Jussi Mustonen (@JusiMD) January 8, 2021
Review: Hearing loss in children
2 Dec, 2020 | 07:14h | UTCHearing Loss in Children: A Review – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Author interview: Hearing Loss in Children
Podcast on chronic cough. Don’t be afraid to try empiric therapies! PPIs for GERD, antihistamines and intranasal steroids for post-nasal drip, and inhaled corticosteroids for post-viral cough are generally low-risk and will treat many cases.
11 Nov, 2020 | 09:04h | UTC#241 Chronic Cough – The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
Case report: Sudden irreversible hearing loss post COVID-19
14 Oct, 2020 | 09:24h | UTCSudden irreversible hearing loss post COVID-19 – BMJ Case Reports
Commentaries: Coronavirus: Patient has sudden permanent hearing loss – BBC AND First reported UK case of sudden permanent hearing loss linked to COVID-19 – BMJ
Commentary on Twitter
Sudden hearing loss after #COVID19.
Report of 1st UK case and review of the other 4 published reports (must be *extremely rare*)https://t.co/wCkrgHcwKH pic.twitter.com/onQxxYiImb— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 13, 2020
Study: Electric shocks to the tongue can quiet chronic ringing ears
9 Oct, 2020 | 08:51h | UTCElectric shocks to the tongue can quiet chronic ringing ears – Science
Study: Four out of five people with sudden loss of smell or taste had COVID-19
4 Oct, 2020 | 23:30h | UTCCommentaries: Coronavirus: Loss of smell may be clearer sign than cough – BBC AND Coronavirus: Four out of five with sudden loss of smell or taste had COVID-19, study finds – Sky News
Commentary on Twitter
Four out of five people who experienced sudden loss of smell or taste had #COVID19, in a study by @ProfBatterhamMD and colleagues @ucl and @uclh #SARSCoV2
🔎 @PLOSMedicine paper: https://t.co/MoGTowbPus
📰 @SkyNews article: https://t.co/qgZJt9NHk6— PLOS (@PLOS) October 2, 2020
JAMA Network Series: Medical Specialties and the COVID-19 Pandemic
24 Sep, 2020 | 09:45h | UTCEditorial: The COVID-19 Pandemic and the JAMA Network
See articles:
- Cardiology and COVID-19
- Dermatology and COVID-19
- Internal Medicine and COVID-19
- Nephrology and COVID-19
- Neurology and COVID-19
- Oncology and COVID-19
- Ophthalmology and COVID-19
- Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and COVID-19
- Pediatrics and COVID-19
- Psychiatry and COVID-19
- Surgery and COVID-19
- JAMA Network Open and COVID-19
- JAMA Health Forum and COVID-19
Randomized trial: Upper airway surgery vs. medical management for patients with moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea who failed conventional treatment
8 Sep, 2020 | 01:04h | UTCEffect of Multilevel Upper Airway Surgery vs Medical Management on the Apnea-Hypopnea Index and Patient-Reported Daytime Sleepiness Among Patients With Moderate or Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The SAMS Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Relief for people who struggle with CPAP masks – Flinders University
Author interview: Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Editorial: Upper Airway Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (free for a limited period)
Commentary on Twitter
In this preliminary report of the SAMS RCT of adults w moderate or severe #sleepapnea in whom #CPAP failed, combined palatal and tongue surgery reduced the number of apnea-hypopnea events and sleepiness at 6 mos compared w medical management https://t.co/jiU3hMn9ju #ERSCongress
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) September 4, 2020
Pre- and post-operative imaging of cochlear implants: A pictorial review
19 Aug, 2020 | 09:18h | UTCPre- and post-operative imaging of cochlear implants: a pictorial review – Insights into Imaging