OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Hospital readmissions increase costs to hospitals and patients. There is a paucity of data on benchmark rates of readmission for otolaryngological surgery. Understanding the risk factors that increase readmission rates may help enhance patient education and set system-wide expectations. We aimed to provide benchmark data on causes and predictors of readmission following ou...

Aerosolotherapy is a particularly useful method of treatment for otolaryngolgists because it is a procedure of local treatment within the affected region. Advantages of aerosolotherapy as well as indications and contraindications for aerosolotherapy in patients with otolaryngological diseases are described. Among the indications are: precancerous states located on vocal cords; pooperative state...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To characterize the frequency and nature of readmissions to free standing pediatric hospitals after otolaryngologic procedures. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective national database analysis. METHODS Using the Pediatric Health Information Systems database, we examined 30-day inpatient readmissions in children less than 18 years old who underwent otolaryngology procedures betwee...

Background: the use of anthroposcopy in the assessment of posture and morphology of the stomatognathic system of mouth breathing children. Aim: to describe the postural and morphologic characteristics of the stomatognathic system of mouth breathing children, according to age. Method: participants were 100 children, of both genders, with ages ranging from 7 to 11 years and 11 months, leukoderms,...

OBJECTIVE To identify the risk factors for otitis media with effusion (OME) in some kindergarten children in Wuhan City of China and analyze the results with reference to the review of the literature. METHODS The study subjects were 3 to 6 years old children drawn from a school screening program for OME in Wuhan. All subjects were assessed with routine otorhinolaryngologic examination, otosco...

AIM Breast-feeding promotes several benefits in childhood, among them favoring the nasal breathing. In the present study, the relationship between breathing pattern and the history of breast-feeding and of deleterious oral habits was determined. STUDY DESIGN clinical with transversal cohort. MATERIAL AND METHOD The study population consisted of 62 children ranging in age from 3 years and 3 ...