ENTtoday: May 2019

How Otolaryngology Programs Are Working to Create a More Diverse Workforce

A more diverse workforce helps healthcare professionals learn from one another as otolaryngology expands to include people with differing backgrounds and perspectives.

How Far Women Have Come in Otolaryngology Compensation Parity and What Needs to Happen Next

Women have made progress in leadership roles in our academic societies and training programs, but progress toward equity in otolaryngology has not come quickly enough.

Gender Bias in Otolaryngology Research Funding

How gender bias in research funding penalizes female physicians at every stage of their career.

Why Health Literacy Is Essential to Patient Care

A look at why health literacy is an essential part of patient care and how physicians can improve.

Letter from the Editor: Otolaryngology Must Address Diversity, Gender Bias

Life and medicine are continuously changing at a seemingly accelerating pace. When we attempt to avoid change and cling to the ‘way things were,’ we stop moving forward and growing.

Clinical Judgment: Balancing Evidence-Based Medicine and Patient Self-Determination

We consider the four major elements of clinical judgment: knowledge, critical thinking and interpretation, decision-making and patient self-determination.

How Physicians Can Help Make Sure Patients are Accurately Informed

Any discussion about the future of otolaryngology must include making sure our patients are informed adequately and accurately.

Do Preoperative Corticosteroids Benefit Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis?

Multiple therapeutic options may be effective for treating mild pediatric OSA including observation, management with anti-inflammatory medications, and surgery.

Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children: What Is the Best Management Option?

Multiple therapeutic options may be effective for treating mild pediatric OSA including observation, management with anti-inflammatory medications, and surgery.

Is Core Needle Biopsy Effective for Assessment of Head and Neck Lesions?

Ultrasound guided core needle biopby is a minimally invasive and accurate diagnostic option for the assessment of head and neck lesions, including lymphoma.

DNA Methylation Patterns in Nasal Epithelium, Atopy, and Atopic Asthma in Children

The findings of this study support the feasibility of using the nasal methylome for future clinical applications, such as predicting the development of asthma among wheezing infants.

Perioperative Gabapentin May Reduce Postsurgical Pain in HN Mucosal Surgery

Perioperative gabapentin given 300 mg twice daily did not result in reduced narcotic use, but results were compatible with clinically meaningful reductions in pain scores.

Epiglottitis Is Significant ED Pathology, Carries Mortality Risk

Epiglottitis is still a significant pathology seen in EDs, is stable over the study period, and carries a mortality risk.

Hierarchical Task Analysis Can Help Reduce Error in FESS

HTA and the Systematic Human Error Reduction and Prediction Approach (SHERPA) are valuable tools to highlight potential errors in functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS).

Voice Therapy Improves Reflux Symptoms in Patients with Voice Complaints

Patient Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) and Voice Handicap Index (VHI-10) scores improved following voice therapy.

Sinus Surgery Improves Olfaction for About Half of Patients with CRS

Olfaction can be improved by sinus surgery in about every second chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) patient.

Surgery and Voice Therapy Are Beneficial for VFP Recovery

Voice therapy alone did not result in significant short-term changes for patients with vocal fold polyps (VFPs).