The “5L” framework of diagnostic reasoning: A stepwise scaffold to support clinician educators
Abstract Diagnostic reasoning (DR) is a core clinical skill, yet its teaching remains variable. We introduce the “5L” framework as a bedside teaching scaffold that gives educators and learners a shared, stepwise set of prompts for DR during individual encounters. By asking, “What's Lethal? What's Likely? What's Logical? What's Lurking?
Olivia Brumfield +3 more
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Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis Possibly Secondary to Otitis Media. [PDF]
Wang B, Qin G, Wang J, Zeng K.
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Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy or Intratympanic Steroids in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss?
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is traditionally treated with steroids, either orally and/or via intratympanic injections, and hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) has resurged in popularity as an adjunctive therapy. The study has not found any additional treatment benefit with adjunctive concurrent HBOT; however, HBOT might be of value to patients ...
Jennifer L. Spiegel +9 more
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Management of acute otitis media with otorrhea in Italian pediatric practice: a national survey. [PDF]
Marchisio P +5 more
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Mastoid Surgery Does Not Normalize Tympanometric Middle Ear Pressure in Children With Cholesteatoma
Conflicting mechanism‐based hypotheses have been used to promote selection of different approaches to management of the mastoid in order to optimize middle ear pressure homeostasis after removal of cholesteatoma. For example: (a) conservation of mastoid mucosa and opening of ventilation pathways endoscopically to normalize function, (b) removal of ...
Adrian L. James
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Über Otitis media im frühen Kindesalter (Otitis concomitans)
ÜBER OTITIS MEDIA IM FRÜHEN KINDESALTER (OTITIS CONCOMITANS) Über Otitis media im frühen Kindesalter (Otitis concomitans) ([1]) Binding ( - ) Title page ([1]) Section ([3]) Über Otitis media im frühen Kindesalter (Otitis ...
Heermann, Gustav
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Mesna in Otologic Surgery: Efficacy and Safety—A Scoping Review
PRISMA flow diagram indicating the process of systematic inclusion and exclusion of articles. ABSTRACT Objective Mesna (Sodium 2‐mercaptoethanesulfonate) is widely used as a mucolytic agent and uroprotective agent. Recently, its disulfide bond‐breaking property has been applied in otologic surgery to facilitate safer dissection of cholesteatoma and ...
Kevork H. Atamian +4 more
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Complication pattern of chronic suppurative otitis media in North Indian subjects. [PDF]
Nishad RK, Das P, Verma R.
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ABSTRACT Introduction The perioperative management of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leaks (sCSFL) of lateral skull base remains under debate. We systematically synthesized and evaluated the current literature, to investigate the perioperative cranial‐pressure assessment protocols and relief methods.
Georgios Vavoulis +7 more
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Impact of Socioeconomic Disparities Among Pediatric Airway and Otology Patients on Access to Care
Otology patients were more likely to be referred to the specialty clinic, have fewer no shows, and attend a higher number of follow up visits despite having minimal differences in social demographics. Future study targeting follow‐up and retention for airway clinic patients is needed.
Lauren A. Gardiner +6 more
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