OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Determine patient and hospital-level risk factors associated with 30-day readmission for patients undergoing inpatient otolaryngologic surgery. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS We analyzed the State Inpatient Database (SID) from California for patients who underwent otolaryngologic surgery between 2008 and 2010. Readmission rates, readmission diagnoses,...

Cytokines are important regulatory mediators secreted by T cells and other immunoactive cells. Based on the cytokine synthesis patterns, CD4 T cells can often be classified into at least two populations with different immune regulatory functions. The Th1 cells, producing interleukin (IL)-2 and interferon (IFN)γ , are often associated with cell-mediated immune responses such as delayed type hype...

In this issue, we have reprints from two classic articles, which were published in this journal, both on the field of outcomes research. It gives me great pleasure to write this—outcomes research being my own area of academic interest—and also great pride that these two seminal papers by pioneers in the field were published in The Laryngoscope. In 1995, Gliklich and Metson reported the design a...

introduction: management of pain in children is often inadequate and numerous clinical practice guidelines and policy statements have been published on the subject of pediatric pain. tonsillectomy is among the most frequent otorhinolaryngologic surgeries, especially in the pediatric age group and after tonsillectomy the patients usually suffer from mild to severe pain for three postoperative da...

Background: A pneumatized superior turbinate is a rare cause of headache. Nasal endoscopy alone, does not provide us with adequate information for this inaccessible area of the superior nasal cavity. A coronal computed tomography (CT) must be obtained to confirm the diagnosis. Case presentation: We present a 40-year-old female with migraine-type headache and nasal obstruction. Nasal endoscopy r...

IMPORTANCE Burden of disease should inform research prioritization. OBJECTIVE To determine whether systematic reviews and protocols published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) appropriately reflect disease burden for otolaryngologic conditions as measured by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2010 project. DESIGN Two investigators independently assessed 10 otolaryngologi...

Warthin's tumor almost exclusively occurs in the parotid gland. It is the second most common tumor after the pleomorphic adenoma. The extraparotid or ectopic Warthin's tumor is rare and is normally situated in the submandibular gland, cervical lymph node, lip, cheek, tongue, hard palate, lacrimal gland and larynx. In this paper we present a case of the Warthin's tumor with ectopic localization ...

BACKGROUND Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs are commonly administered as part of a multimodal regimen for pain management in the ambulatory setting. This randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study was designed to compare the analgesic effect of oral rofecoxib, a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, and acetaminophen when administered alone or in combination prior to outpatient otolaryngolog...

Pattern of otorhinolaryngoloy head and neck diseases in Outpatient Clinic ( ENT OPD Clinic) varies depending on the countries to large extent. A retrospective study was done on all the patients seen in the ENT OPD Clinic of Sarawak General Hospital from July 2003 to June 2004. There were 8118 patients, including 974 new patients (12%) & 1112 paediatric cases (13.7%). The male to female ratio is...