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A trial of house dust mite sublingual tablet in children with allergic rhinitis

1 May 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Auditory Implants, Neurotology, Otology, Tinnitus, Vestibular Disorders | SIT, SLIT, allergens, inhalative allergens, rhinitis, allergic, clinical trials, specific immunotherapy
The house dust mite (HDM) is one of the commonest causative agents in allergic rhinitis (AR), affecting patients across all demographics. Recently, sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) has been shown in clinical trials and meta-analysis to be effective compared to placebo in...
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Lockdown has been bad for children, but it might mean they don’t need surgery anymore

2 November 2020 | | Paediatric ENT | COVID-19, Lockdown, OSAS, URTIs, Adenotonsillar hypertrophy, Therapy
Our editor’s choice for this edition reviews an article looking at the effects of lockdown on symptom prevalence in children with adenotonsillar diseases. In this unprecedented COVID-19 era that we are all living and working in, risk assessment has taken...

Laryngeal papillomatosis

1 May 2018 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Laryngeal papillomatosis remains one of the most frustrating conditions seen by laryngologists. Sam Majumdar gives us an overview of the current science and clinical practice. Human papilloma virus is a small (> 8kb) double stranded DNA virus with approximately 200...

Find Your Quiet Place challenge

2 September 2022
SoundPrint is a crowdsourcing app that does two things. First, it enables users to measure noise levels in public places to check the venue is safe and comfortable for hearing. Second, it provides a database of over 130,000 venues to...

Epistaxis and anticoagulants

1 November 2017 | | Epistaxis, Anti coagulants, Antiplatelet agents, New oral anticoagulants, Direct oral anticoagulant
The French Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck surgery issued some recommendations on the management of epistaxis in patients receiving anticoagulants, anti-platelet aggregants and anti-vitamin K drugs. This was a national multidisciplinary evidence-based concensus document. The group recommends review of...
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‘Acoustic shock’

4 May 2021 | | Otology | Acoustic Shock, Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced, Hyperacusis, Occupational Accidents, Tinnitus
Development of hearing loss due to traditional and steady state noise in working environments has well defined medical, physical and legal implications in the present times. Organisations not complying with ‘Noise at Work Regulations 1989’ are liable for compensation if...
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Liver function assessment in glandular fever

6 January 2023 | | Head and Neck | Epstein-Barr virus, abdomen ultrasound, glandular fever, infectious mononucleosis, liver function
This month’s Editors’ Choice is a systematic review of the role of liver assessment in patients with glandular fever. Admission of patients with sore throat constitutes a significant burden of acute work for paediatric and adult ENT services as well...
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Safety recommendations for ENT surgeons during the COVID-19 pandemic

2 November 2020 | | COVID-19, Head and Neck
Physicians and other healthcare workers who perform and participate in examinations and procedures within the head and neck region and airway are at particularly high risk of exposure and infection from aerosol and droplet contamination. Authors have developed recommendations to...

The curse of Sports Illustrated

1 November 2016 | | ENT
“Not a supernatural curse, but a basic statistical concept of blinding simplicity.” What is ‘regression to the mean’? I am reliably informed that our former North American colonies publish a periodical known as Sports Illustrated (note, incidentally, the characteristically incorrect...

Old age is hard to swallow

4 May 2023 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
This article takes us through the diagnosis and management of swallowing problems common in older age. As our global population continues to grow and live longer, dysphagia will continue to be a global problem which needs to be recognised, understood...

KARL STORZ Endoscopic Ear Surgery Set

1 May 2016 | | Otology
Marcus Brechtold, Senior Director of Product Management – Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, OMFS, Spine and Neurosurgery at KARL STORZ GMBH & Co. KG, tells EES Guest Editor, Chris Coulson, about the company’s new Endoscopic Ear Surgery Set, developed in collaboration with the International...

Endoscopic arytenoid abduction lateropexy for bilateral vocal cord paralysis in neonates

1 July 2018 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
We are delighted to publish a further update on the use of the technique for vocal fold lateralisation in neonates from Laszlo Rovo and Shahram Madani, who have previously informed us of this new technique [1]. These cases are rare...