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Corticosteroid prescribing in ENT - are we at risk of being sued?

5 July 2022 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Neurotology, Otology, Paediatric ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, Rhinoplasty, Skull Base Surgery, Tinnitus, Vestibular Disorders | adrenal cortex hormones, corticosteroids, jurisprudence, medicolegal, otolaryngology, steroids
Of medications leading to malpractice claims, corticosteroids comprise the third most common. They are used widely and have a significant side-effect profile: hypertension, lipodystrophy, diabetes, avascular necrosis of the femoral head, peptic ulceration and psychiatric reactions to name but a...

Establishing a medical device company: an ENTrepreneur’s experience

1 March 2014 | | ENT
In 2004, while I was suturing the mucopericondrial flaps for a septoplasty, I thought to myself, “there must be an easier and faster way of doing this”. Even though I had no formal training in business or medical device development,...

ESPO Marseille 2020

31 October 2018 | | ENT, Paediatric ENT
The biennial ESPO meetings have established themselves as the premier forum for paediatric otolaryngologists to share their knowledge and research. Hardly has ESPO Stockholm finished, and plans are already underway for ESPO 2020. Jean-Michel Triglia and Richard Nicollas and tell...

Rapid genetic testing to avoid hearing loss in neonates

2 September 2022 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Otology
Thousands of newborn babies could avoid a lifetime of hearing loss thanks to a new rapid genetic test. In this article, we learn how. We have demonstrated for the first time that a rapid genetic test from a cheek swab...

Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) - Part 2

1 November 2016 | | Rhinology / Sinus
In the first of this two-part series, Martyn Barnes and colleagues discussed indications for functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), the surgical objectives and techniques, patient expectations and the risks of surgery [1]. In this second and final part, the authors...

Sound Seekers: audiology in the developing world

27 August 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
Kavita Prasad, the current CEO of Soundseekers, is an inspirational woman in a leadership role within the audiology world. Here, she gives us an overview of the scope of the charity and the ways in which they improve the lives...

In conversation with Paul Lamb

1 July 2018 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
Paul Lamb recently joined a team undertaking a hearing care mission to Armenia with the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Paul took time to discuss the aims and achievements of these missions through his personal experiences with the foundation. Paul Lamb. The...

Prof Metin Önerci – ENT in Central Asia

3 July 2023 | | ENT
Our Global Ambassador covering the Eurasia region is Prof Metin Önerci. We wanted him to shed some light on ENT in the countries of Central Asia – this is an area of the world that we in the west hear...

A comparison of two different audiology roles in Denmark and the United Kingdom

1 July 2015 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that there are over 360 million people with a disabling hearing loss in the world. Disabling hearing loss is considered to be a loss of greater than 40 decibels (dB) in the better hearing...

Screening for hearing loss in primary care

14 June 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Hearing impairment is one physical disability that is increasing in prevalence in society in general, and in older adults in particular. Approximately 34 to 36 million Americans report suffering from some degree of hearing impairment with the number rising to...

ENT in Ethiopia: Aksum-Barts Partnership

1 July 2017 | | ENT
In keeping with many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia has a chronic lack of hospitals and doctors. Nadia Ashraf and Tim Crocker-Buqué tell us about a project which aims to improve training in ENT, in a hospital that has...

Advances in ear and hearing telehealth

4 May 2021 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Adult
Telehealth in ear (or tele-otology/tele-audiology) and hearing care has steadily increased as an area of both research and clinical interest over the past 15 years [1]. Driven by rapid advances in connected technologies and wide-ranging potential use cases, telehealth had...