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The future of fall detection

7 January 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Falls are a major global health burden. According to the World Health Organization, they are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide, with adults older than 65 at the greatest risk of a fatal fall. For every death...

Current perspectives of tinnitus and its management

10 March 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Whilst there are various therapeutic options for ameliorating the impact of tinnitus, there is no current approved treatment for attempting to eradicate, or even for reducing, the loudness of tinnitus.
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Management of post-tonsillectomy bleeding with nebulised TXA

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Paediatrics
In the last 20 years, rates of adult tonsillectomy have fallen in the order of 50%. The flipside to this, is that the number of admissions of patients with acute tonsilitis is more than double the reduction in tonsillectomy rates....
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Video-relay services for Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities

3 July 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities experience many barriers when trying to communicate online or on the phone. Individuals encounter limitations communicating virtually with family members, booking crucial appointments and speaking to friends, to name a few. However, video relay service (VRS)...

Foreign object removal from the ear or nose

1 July 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
The range of nasal and aural foreign bodies that present to accident and emergency (A&E) departments, emergency rooms and minor injury units is limited only by the imagination. Aetiology and epidemiology statistics point to patients being predominantly children in the...

COVID-19 in China: the experience of an ENT team

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - General
In January, we first heard of COVID-19. As we currently do battle with it on our own shores, colleagues in China share their story with us as life there slowly and cautiously begins to return to normal and the country...

She’s On Call - @ShesOnCall

14 July 2020
Dr Sujana Chandrasekhar and Dr Marina Kurian began a web show, She’s On Call, that had 5000 views on the first day and has had over 15,000 views after three shows. By the end of March 2020 Emergency departments and, soon, entire hospitals were overwhelmed with very sick COVID-19 patients.

Anaesthesia under fire

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - General
Kate Prior is an anaesthetist who has, quite literally, been there, done that. In this article she manages to use words on a page to bring to life some of the conditions and challenges she faced as a member of...

ENT In this issue...Robotics in Head and Neck Surgery

4 November 2021
Robotic surgery is here to stay. Within the specialty of otolaryngology, robotics has made headway across all of the subspecialties, although some advances may still be at the pre-clinical stage. The clinical applications are most acutely evident in the practice of head and neck cancer surgery, specifically transoral robotic surgery (TORS).

Developments in diagnostic approaches for acutely dizzy patients

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
The acutely dizzy patient can be a diagnostic and management dilemma for emergency departments and general practitioners, with many patients consequently having delayed access to specialised assessment and treatment. David Jay tells us about HINTS, a bedside test that can...

Pre-hospital care

1 July 2014 | | ENTA - General
For those of us that work within the acute hospital system, the sound of the trauma pager going off warning of an incoming casualty with as yet unknown injuries is often the sound of uncertainty and anxiety. When it becomes...

ENT UK Head & Neck Meeting

14 March 2025 | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
The ENT UK Head and Neck Evidence-Based Management Meeting focusing on malignancy of the nose and paranasal sinuses was held in the historic market town of York. The multidisciplinary approach required to manage this complex disease was reflected in the speaker lineup, with national representation from ENT, maxillofacial and plastic surgery, oncology, palliative medicine, histopathology and radiology.