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The role of the respiratory physician in sleep medicine
ENT surgeons may feel that they are the first point of referral for the majority of patients with snoring and possible obstructive sleep apnoea, but in reality a significant number of patients with sleep-disordered breathing (of any cause) are seen...Recurrent respiratory papilloma treatment in the office
1 September 2018
| Markus M Hess, Susanne Fleischer
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In this interesting new article, Markus Hess and Susanne Fleischer describe their technique for managing recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis in an outpatient setting using channelled endoscopes. The recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) of the larynx is a chronic HPV-associated viral disease. Clinical...
Predicting postoperative respiratory complications following paediatric adenotonsillectomy
1 November 2017
| Louisa Ferguson
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Meta-analysis, Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea, Post-operative complications, Tonsillectomy
This systematic review aimed to compare the presence of clinical features versus the polysomnography results in predicting major postoperative respiratory complications in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy for OSA. The study was prepared according to the PRISMA checklist. Overall 22 studies met...
Lower respiratory involvement in allergic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis
The recent ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma) project has generated interest in simultaneous involvement of the lower respiratory airway in cases of chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic rhinitis. This study takes into account the extent of pulmonary function...Aspirin desensitisation for aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD)
2 March 2022
| Anas Gomati, Kanishka Rao, Bhaskar Ram, Vamsidhar Vallamkondu, Sangeeta Maini
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
In this article, the authors describe the importance of identifying aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis refractory to standard medical treatment. This can then open the door to considering aspirin desensitisation treatment which, in their hands, has proven...
The Airway Intervention Registry: Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (AIR: RRP) data collection
1 September 2018
| Adam J Donne, Steven Powell
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ENTA - ENT
Laryngeal papillomatosis remains a frustratingly difficult condition to treat. Adam Donne and Steven Powell tells us about a collaborative project aiming to enhance patient care. The first UK Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis registry opened in April 2018 through the AIR (Airway...
Are upper respiratory symptoms and macroscopic changes in children always due to gastro-oesphageal reflux?
1 January 2016
| Madhup K Chaurasia
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Bronchoscopy, Croup, Gastroesophageal Reflux, Laryngoscopy, Pepsin
In children, symptoms such as chronic cough, wheezing, stridor, voice changes, persistent asthma and dental erosion are often presumed to be due to gastro-oesophageal reflux and empirical treatment with PPIs is offered. Usual investigations, such as a barium meal, gastroscopy...
The use of a tactical throat mic guitar amp system to improve communication in theatre in the COVID era
During the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) pandemic, current guidelines dictate that surgical teams wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in theatre. Currently this is, at a minimum, an FFP3 respirator, a visor, fluid repellent gown and gloves [1]. Many surgeons, particularly in...
Inspiratory peak flow and tracheostomy
1 July 2018
| Badr Eldin Mostafa
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Acute obstruction of the upper airways, Inspiratory dyspnea, Advanced inspiratory flow (PID), Tracheotomy, Cancer of VADS
The evaluation of the degree of laryngeal obstruction to indicate a tracheostomy has always been a subjective decision. The authors correlated the visual laryngeal obstruction by flexible nasolaryngoscopy and the peak inspiratory flow using a pocket peak inspiratory flowmeter. Twenty-two...
Swallowing and breathing: speech and language therapy
2 March 2022
| Anna Volkmer
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ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
Swallowing difficulties are a common comorbidity in just over a quarter of people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Given the associated risks of aspiration and exacerbation of COPD symptoms, speech and language therapists (SLTs) can offer valuable guidance...
In conversation with Frederik Dikkers
5 March 2024
Declan Costello, editor of ENT & Audiology News, has recently enjoyed a couple of conversations with Professor Emeritus Frederik Dikkers that you can now watch on YouTube.
New ventilation technique FCV: improvement for patient, anaesthetist/intensivist and surgeon
1 September 2020
| Rucha Dagaonkar, José W A van der Hoorn
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Per-oral surgical access to the larynx can be hampered by the presence of an endotracheal tube. Various systems have been developed for tubeless ventilation, but these all carry a risk of aerosolisation of secretions with obvious inherent risks. We hear...
