Otolaryngology News

Children frequently ingest foreign objects — particularly during the ages of 6 months to 3 years. Although about 80% to 90% of foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract spontaneously without difficulties, some may cause serious complications and require endoscopic or surgical removal depending on the type, size and shape of the object; its location in the gastrointestinal tract; and time since ingestion, according to a review published in Clinical Endoscopy.

The U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Mayo Clinic as the top hospital for ear, nose and throat conditions.

More than half of infants referred to an otolaryngology center for tongue-tie surgery did not need to undergo the procedure after consultation with a speech-language pathologist, according to recent findings.

Obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, is halfway through its sixth decade of being mentioned in medical journals, according to a report in the World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology of Head and Neck Surgery.

A smartphone app and a paper funnel can accurately identify pediatric patients with fluid buildup in the ear resulting from acute otitis media and otitis media with effusion, according to findings published in Science Translational Medicine.

Ibuprofen may increase the risk for severe bleeding after tonsillectomy regardless of whether the patient’s adenoids were removed, according to findings recently published in JAMA Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.

Children who received albuterol before undergoing tonsillectomy were significantly less likely to experience respiratory adverse events, including laryngospasm and oxygen desaturation, compared with children who received a placebo, according to findings from a randomized clinical trial.

The rate of foreign body ingestions among young children presenting to EDs throughout the United States nearly doubled in about 20 years, according to findings published in Pediatrics. Children were most likely to swallow pennies and button batteries, researchers said.

The FDA recently granted marketing authorization to Thornhill Research’s ClearMate device that assists in treating patients with carbon monoxide poisoning, according to an FDA press release.

The risk for otitis media and the insertion of pressure equalization tubes among young children decreased following the introduction of a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, according to research published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.