Routine antibiotic treatment in primary care setting offers little clinical benefit, and is associated with adverse effects including antibiotic resistance


Routine antibiotic treatment in primary care setting offers little clinical benefit, and is associated with adverse effects including antibiotic resistance

Individual measures added for adult sinusitis, acute otitis externa will help otolaryngologists participate in Physician Quality Reporting System

Software developers of smartphone apps scramble to enhance patient access without sacrificing functionality, data security

Online portals, Apple’s HealthKit, other systems being developed to sync multiple electronic health records into a comprehensive patient profile
Does the choice of health utility measure affect the incremental cost-utility ratio (ICUR) when assessing the cost-effectiveness of bilateral cochlear implantation (CI)?
What is the normative amplitude and latency of the vagus, the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN), and the external branch of superior laryngeal nerve (EBSLN), and how do they indicate post-operative neural function?
How frequent are revisits following ambulatory pediatric tonsillectomy/adenotonsillectomy, and what are their characteristics?
Does venous thromboembolism prophylaxis reduce the incidence of venous thromboembolism after head and neck surgery?
Does perioperative proton pump inhibitor therapy reduce the incidence of pharyngocutaneous fistula?
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