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Circular economy approach to reducing your carbon footprint in your ENT operating room
Although our operating rooms consume significant resources, some simple changes can have considerable impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Here are 10 such simple things we can do. Waste is one of the largest contributors to a hospital’s carbon footprint,...
Parathyroid Surgery: Fundamental and Advanced Concepts
A delight to see yet another comprehensive textbook, dealing exclusively with multiple aspects of parathyroid disease and its current management. David Terris, William Duke and Janice Pasieka have co-edited this 248 page textbook divided into 22 well thought out chapters...What’s the appetite for clinical risk?
The first Professor and Chair of Medical Professionalism at RCSI and BSHS, Dubhfeasa Slattery provides an overview of how a desire for better healthcare at all levels can be harnessed and nourished, leading to a potential life-long interest in reducing...IFOS Vancouver 2022 cancelled
As a result of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery has made the difficult decision to cancel the June 2022 meeting. IFOS 2022 Vancouver President, Brian Westerberg, comments:"The pandemic has already caused, and...Chronic cough hypersensitivity syndrome
We all have patients who give us a ‘heartsink’ feeling; for many of us, the coughing patient is exactly such a situation. In this overview, Bhaskar Ram and Sangeeta Maini outline their approach to diagnosis. Declan Costello, Editor. Introduction Chronic...
Reduce medical errors by improving communication: supporting vulnerable people
This article starts by emphasising that communication failures are a fairly common cause of medical errors. They highlight that people with dysarthria can experience significant communication difficulties and are at particular risk of this type of breakdown in care. People...Prof Metin Önerci – ENT in Central Asia
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...Does the overuse of noise-cancelling headphones cause APD?
Have you heard the noise around APD? With a flurry of interest around noise-cancellation and APD, Dale Hewitt offers his take on the evidence and theory. When and why did this question first arise? An article was published by BBC...
