Otolaryngology

Allergic Rhinitis/ Hay Fever I believe allergic rhinitis (AR), commonly known as “hay fever,” best fits the symptoms presented in this case study as this condition is becoming an increasing common issue in the U.S. AR is the inflammation of the nasal membranes induced after exposure to allergens via IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions (Min, 2010). This condition is characterized by symptoms of watery rhinorrhea, nasal obstruction, nasal itching and sneezing and is also frequently…

Clinical Practice Guideline: Allergic Rhinitis One of the most common diseases affecting both adults and children alike is allergic rhinitis (AR). According to Seidman et al. (2015) “AR is an inflammatory, IgE-mediated disease characterized by nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, sneezing, and/or nasal itching” (p. S2). In the United States allergic rhinitis affects approximately one in every six individuals. Allergic rhinitis has the ability to affect quality of life for adults and children alike.…

Presently, there are such classifications in anesthesia, general practice, laboratory medicine and otolaryngology. The error classification system is able to identify critical areas of frequency and common causes. For example, in otolaryngology, the critical errors list includes wrong site surgery, testing, medication, surgical planning and equipment-related errors. The benefits of having an error classification system…

working hand to hand with various surgeons in the operation bed from different specialties which included: General Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmic Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, and Urology. As a military surgical…

Today, I’m an Operations Manager in the Section of Otolaryngology and Program Manager for the Department of Surgery at the Yale School of Medicine. I joined ENT to put performance benchmarks in place to measure the real value we provide to our patients, to form more complete and efficient patient and work flow…

Ever since I began my career in the medical device industry, my colleagues and I have always faced these four questions: Will this treatment work? How will it be adopted by physicians and patients? How much does it really cost? Will insurance cover it? I have devoted my professional life to developing and marketing new healthcare technologies, helping to make a positive impact on literally millions of patients’ lives. When I first entered the industry, the path to answering these four…

Often, when on the subject of whether or not animals should be used in animal research, it generally sparks up a debate. Some argue that animal testing does not work and the practice is cruel to animals while others argue that the use of animal research has produced tremendous medical breakthroughs and should not be stopped. Yes, animal testing has resulted in great medical discoveries and could be used to potentially discover more, however, new technological advances in medicine such as the 3D…

My grandmother’s experiences have compelled me to pursue medicine to offer medical services available to underserved populations. I was further exposed to the inconveniences associated with receiving medical attention in Dr. Jason Van Tassel’s otolaryngology clinic in a suburban city called Fremont, California. His clinic heals and cures diseases from patients from underserved…

Complications of open surgical tracheostomy and their management-our experience Introduction Tracheostomy is the surgical procedure to create an artificial opening in the trachea to bypass the obstructed airway above it. History reveals that it is an oldest surgical procedure dating back 3600 B.C.E. in Egypt(1). It has under gone numerous modifications during the past millennia. The first elective tracheostomy was done in AD 100 by Asclepiad’s of Bithynia and the described by Galen in AD131(2)…

Micheal Merzenich was one of the world leading researcher on brain plasticity and famous for his innovation and practical inventions in Neuroplasticity. His works mostly involve brain mapping, where brain is trained to think and process information differently. He believed doing the brain exercise is similar to taking drugs to treat brain diseases. He cured some disorder that once thought incurable. He is the first one to design the cochlear implant that allow deaf children to hear. He designed…