Routine checkups of what is or isn’t working at a current job can help otolaryngologists meld their values, strengths, passions with career path


Routine checkups of what is or isn’t working at a current job can help otolaryngologists meld their values, strengths, passions with career path

Regarding the article “Malpractice and the Otolaryngologist" (ENTtoday, October 2013), EMRs are expensive, time consuming, and will lead to lawsuits

A 97-year-old man presents with worsening dysphagia, odynophagia, mild hoarseness

Recommendations clarify optimal use of tubes, perioperative assessment of patients, postsurgical care
Evidence suggests link between stomach enzyme and chronic pulmonary disease, presents treatment challenge for patients with positive pepsin test


Evidence does not support routine use of mastoid pressure dressing to prevent hematoma, but loose dressings may be beneficial

Sleep interruptions can reduce patients’ threshold of pain, increase risk of complications, extend convalescence, contribute to poor physical/mental performance, lower patient satisfaction

Conventional splints have been linked to increased postoperative pain; thinner splints may result in improved mucosal status, less postsurgical discomfort