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ENTtoday: November 2019

Features

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The Important Role Emotional Intelligence Plays in Patient Care

The three pillars of emotional intelligence are communication, appreciation, and empathy. High emotional intelligence can play a part in building or undermining relationships with colleagues and patients.

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Are New Biologics a Game Changer for Treating Nasal Polyposis?

Biologics target and suppress specific drivers of inflammation and work well in some patients to treat the symptoms of nasal polyposis.

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The Value of Clinical Registries in Otolaryngology

How clinical registries in otolaryngology have played important roles in steering treatment decisions and bolstering outcomes.

Is It Time to De-Escalate Radiation Therapy in Patients with HPV+ HNC?

Radiation therapy has a host of drawbacks, including long-term side effects and even treatment-related morbidity in some cases.

Using the Vagus Nerve to Help Hearing

Vagus nerve stimulation paired with tones may improve auditory processing.

Autoimmune Diseases May Have Features of both Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Diseases

Autoinflammatory diseases are a new class of immune-mediated diseases of the innate immune system.

Achieving Equity and Parity in Otolaryngology Care

A physician’s ethical obligation beyond access to care. If your patients are culturally different from you, it’s important to learn and understand their needs.

How to Use Digital Signals to Facilitate Cancer Surgery

A digital signal can be generated using chemical macromolecular cooperativity at the nanoscale to build a transistor-like probe.

How to Ensure Surgical Head and Neck Clinical Trials Are Beneficial to Patients

Dr. Meanna encouraged surgical oncologists not to change their management without level-1 evidence from clinical trials.

Physicians Need to Rely on Good Systems to Ensure Quality and Safety

In his talk at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, Dr. Shah addressed how physicians need to rely on systems to mitigate risk.

Departments

Letter from the Editor: It’s Time to Talk About the Mid-Life Crisis in Medicine

Over the next year, ENTtoday will continue to focus on stories about the wonderful things we do in otolaryngology, the ones that give our lives purpose.

Otolaryngologist’s Love of Running Helps Her Connect with Patients, Other Physicians

Ilaaf Darrat, MD, MBA, a pediatric otolaryngologist, explains how running has helped her medical career.

Lessons Learned about Clinical Data Registries

Otolaryngologists share what they learned about from their experience collecting clinical data surrounding cochlear implant care.

Other

TRIO Best Practices

Is Routine Genetic Testing Warranted in Head and Neck Paragangliomas?

All individuals presenting with an extratympanic paraganglioma of the head and neck should undergo genetic testing.

TRIO Best Practices

Should Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Be Screened for Depression?

Screening for depression in patients with OSA would be worthwhile because there is a high rate of comorbidity.

TRIO Best Practices

Are Diuretics Useful in the Treatment of Meniére’s Disease?

There is a critical need for high-quality randomized control trials to determine if diuretics are effective for treating Meniére’s disease.

Literature Reviews

Life Purpose Significantly Associated with All-Cause Mortality

Life purpose was significantly associated with all-cause mortality in The Health and Retirement Study.

Literature Reviews

Listeners Could Readily Identify Speech Synthesized from Speech Neuroprosthetic Technology

A look at the clinical viability of using speech neuroprosthetic technology to restore spoken communication.

Literature Reviews

Tobacco Plays Important Role in Modulating HPV+OPSCC Clinical Outcomes

The interaction between tobacco exposure and HPV infection in the context of OPSCC has significant implications for standard of care treatment regimens.

Literature Reviews

Analysis of Five-Year Recurrence Patterns in Sinonasal Cancer

Sinonasal cancer shows an 11.7% recurrence rate after a five-year disease- free period, but varies by tumor pathology.

Literature Reviews

BVFP Patients Achieve Bilateral Fold Movements with Selective Laryngeal Reinnervation

What is the extent of airway improvement and voice quality in patients with bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVFP) who underwent selective laryngeal reinnervation surgery?

Literature Reviews

Radiation Exposure Alters Airway Deformability during Laryngoscopy

A look at the effect of therapeutic radiation exposure on airway volume, tissue deformation, and bony structure displacement in the setting of operative laryngoscopy.

Literature Reviews

BSS Should Be Considered in Differential Diagnosis

A look at the imaging characteristics and clinical outcomes of biphenotypic sinonasal sarcoma (BSS)?

Literature Reviews

Intraductal Botulinum Toxin Is Safe for Managing Salivary Disorders

The intraductal route of botulinum toxin delivery to salivary glands was without complication and was effective in two patients treated therapeutically.

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