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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) is transmitted by droplet as well as airborne infection. Surgical patients are vulnerable to the infection during their hospital admission. Some surgical procedures are classified as aerosol generating (AGP). Retrospective observational study of four specialties associates with known AGP's...
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To better assess rates of postoperative complications and mortality following esophageal dilation, and to identify factors associated with adverse outcomes. Observational, retrospective cohort study. We queried a national database of insurance claims for Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes representing esophageal dilation performed between 2...
Published in The Laryngoscope
Published in The Laryngoscope
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of at home drain removal in head and neck surgery patients. The study population included patients who underwent head and neck surgery at an academic tertiary care center between February 2020 and November 2020 and were discharged with one to four drains with instructions for home re...
Published in The Laryngoscope
Published in The Laryngoscope
There may be an interobserver variation in the diagnosis of laryngeal disease based on laryngoscopic images according to clinical experience. Therefore, this study is aimed to perform computer-assisted diagnosis for common laryngeal diseases using deep learning-based disease classification models. Experimental study with retrospective data METHODS:...
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Social media is a powerful networking tool among health care organizations. This study determines correlations between program reputation and social media activity and popularity, specifically among otolaryngology residency programs. Accredited programs, excluding military and osteopathic, in the United States were included. Activity and popularity...
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Standardization of postoperative care using clinical care guidelines (CCG) improves quality by minimizing unwarranted variation. It is unknown whether CCGs impact patient throughput in outpatient adenotonsillectomy (T&A). We hypothesize that CCG implementation is associated with decreased postoperative length of stay (LOS) in outpatient T&A. A mult...
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The objective of this study was to determine the role of thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) as a candidate biomarker for therapeutic efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) and to identify the role of TAFI in the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis (AR). Retrospective cohort study and laboratory study. Serum was collected from pat...
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To determine whether the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is affected by weight gain velocity (WGV) in adolescents with Down syndrome. Retrospective case series. We performed a retrospective case series of children with Down syndrome, aged 9-19, referred for polysomnography (PSG) due to suspected OSA at an academic children's hospital. We ...
