Otolaryngology News

Tympanostomy tubes are commonly placed to treat chronic otitis media with effusion and recurrent acute otitis media.

WHO’s inaugural World Report on Hearing estimates that about one in four people — or about 2.5 billion — worldwide will have some type of hearing loss by 2050.

Dysphonia, dysphagia and anosmia/hyposmia were the most common otolaryngologic manifestations among a small cohort of children with pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19, according to data.

Acute sinusitis is inflammation of mucosa lining of one or more paranasal sinuses. In children, most cases begin as a viral infection that extends from nasal mucosa (rhinitis) onto the mucosal lining of paranasal sinuses (sinusitis).

The 33-year-old Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will be held virtually for the first time on Nov. 21 and 22.

The Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will shift from an in-person to a virtual format for 2020, organizer Healio LIVE announced.

Practicing pediatricians have been using telehealth technology to communicate with patients who are not able to physically visit offices because of social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infectious Diseases in Children asked Editorial Board Member Eugene Shapiro, MD, professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at Yale School of Medicine, if patients should pay the same amount for a telehealth visit as they would for an in-person visit.

Boston Children’s Hospital, once again, has claimed the top spot in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings for Best Children’s Hospital.

Diagnoses of acute otitis media or suppurative middle ear infection relies chiefly on examination findings of the tympanic membrane. In 2013, the AAP revised its initial 2004 guidelines to include stringent diagnostic criteria and emphasized the need for accurate diagnosis of AOM and otitis media with effusion.

In a letter, AAP President Sara H. Goza, MD, FAAP, asked HHS for “immediate, direct financial relief payments” for pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists “to keep practices open, pay staff, and procure needed supplies.”