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Modernising scientific careers and audiology in the United Kingdom
1 July 2014
| Lizanne Steenkamp
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Modernising Scientific Careers (MSC) is an education and training strategy for 51 disciplines in healthcare science within the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom (UK). Some of these disciplines lacked clear training routes as well as registration opportunities...
Pediatric Audiology: Diagnosis, Technology and Management – Third Edition
1 November 2019
| Gareth Smith
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ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Our departmental library has a copy of the first edition of this text, and on the odd occasion it’s not booked out to a student, it makes a very handy reference text to dip in and out of. Having recently...
Biologicals for severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps. Any use?
5 November 2021
| Hassan Mohammed
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ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
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chronic rhinosinusitis, dupilumab, mepolizumab, omalizumab, reslizumab
Recent advances and knowledge of inflammatory endotypes of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) led to introduction of biological agents such as monoclonal antibodies targeting IgE (omalizumab) and Interleukins (ILs) such as IL4R alpha (dupilumab) and IL5. The European Academy...
Pediatric Audiology: Diagnosis, Technology, and Management - Second edition
1 September 2016
| Josephine Marriage
In the current NHS climate of pressure on patient throughput, offset against new technology – and plasticity - driven practice, we need to use time and skills effectively. This book is a comprehensive guide to practical applications in paediatric audiology....
The central ENT decontamination model: a help or a hindrance?
1 September 2022
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Company Profiles, Research & Development
According to NHS England, over 400,000 patients were waiting for ENT treatment in the UK in January 2022. This figure forms part of the overall 33.5% increase in the number of patients waiting for Referral to Treatment (RTT) compared to February 2020[1].
Redeployment of audiologists during COVID-19
26 June 2020
| Emilee Gosnell, Aarti Makan, Ruth Thomsen, Zena Butt, Jack Stancel-Lewis, Mitch Chandler, Bhavisha Parmar, Naomi Elliott, Mafalda Faro, Casey Rowlings
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult
As the demand on intensive therapy units in the NHS increased, volunteers from the audiology profession stepped in to support colleagues. Here, they share their experiences of caring on the frontline. Redefining normal: from outpatients to the ICU By Emilee...
Inpatient or outpatient thyroidectomy?
2 September 2022
| Gauri Mankekar
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ENTA - Head & Neck
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Hemithyroidectomy, Outpatient, Bayesian meta-analysis, Systematic review, Hematoma, Thyroidectomy
This systematic review and meta-analysis discusses the safety of hemithyroidectomy in an outpatient vis-à-vis an inpatient setting. Thyroidectomy has traditionally been performed as an inpatient procedure. Currently, an increasing number of surgeons are performing thyroidectomy in outpatient settings. The main...
Covid-19 A message from Gareth Smith
27 March 2020
| Gareth Smith
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COVID-19
Whilst our ENT colleagues have scrambled to the coronavirus ‘call to arms’ and taken the ultimate risk, for many audiologists and audiology services the threat of this global virus presents some different challenges. Whilst social isolation is a scary thought...
Is there evidence to support early discharge of patients with tonsillitis, quinsy and epistaxis?
6 September 2021
| Madhup K Chaurasia
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
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Epistaxis, Peritonsillar Abscess, Tonsillitis
The COVID-19 pandemic, with its unprecedented pressures on the NHS, demands changes in the management of common ENT emergencies. In this review article, information has been gleaned from 22 relevant articles on how this can be done. The Portsmouth tonsillitis...
Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Hearing Devices - Second Edition
This is a detailed resource for hearing-related healthcare professionals. It comprehensively addresses various aspects of cochlear implant care across 22 very readable chapters. Three of these chapters are new in this second edition; including single-sided deafness, auditory neuropathy, and the...Changing behaviour with a human factors approach
1 January 2014
| Jane Reid, Rhona Flin, Martin Bromiley
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ENTA - ENT
The Francis Report (2013) identified multiple problems relating to the safety culture of Stafford Hospital in the period 2005 – 2009, as well as serious failings in the supervisory and regulatory systems of the NHS. Particular criticism was directed at...
Leadership challenges in the world of AQP and accreditation – learning from experience
29 June 2017
| Vicky Sadler
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult
The words ‘choice and competition’, ‘any qualified provider (AQP)’ and ‘accreditation’ have irrevocably become part of audiology jargon in the last two years in England. Commissioners who chose ‘Adult Hearing Aid Services for age-related hearing loss’ have begun the process...
