Principles and Practicalities of ENT

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‘Principles and Practicalities of ENT’ ensures that doctors of all levels are well equipped to approach common clinical scenarios encountered in ENT with confidence. Each section covers how to prepare for patients, includes key points in the history and examination, and how best to investigate and manage a wide variety of common ENT presentations and conditions. The material is structured to provide an easy reference including red flag and primary care sections to enable readers to know what to look out for when considering referrals. Inaddition to being a revision tool for medical students, doctors pursuing MRCS (ENT) examinations and higher surgical training in ENT, this book also serves as a useful aid for primary care physicians in their everyday diagnostics and referral practices.

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Principles and Practicalities of ENT

Principles and Practicalities of ENT is a resource allowing both students and doctors of all levels to approach common clinical scenarios encountered in ENT with confidence. Each section will take you through how to prepare for patients, key points in the history and examination and how best to investigate and manage a wide variety of common ENT presentations and conditions. The material is structured to provide an what to look out for when considering referrals. Therefore, in addition to being a revision tool for medical students, doctors pursuing MRCS (ENT) examinations and higher surgical training in ENT, this book can also serve as a useful aid for primary care physicians in their everyday diagnostics and referral practices.
easy reference, including red flag and primary care sections to enable readers to know

Table of contents :

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgment
Author biographies
List of abbreviations
Section I: Emergency
Otology
1. Mastoiditis
2. Necrotising otitis externa
3. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss
4. Temporal bone trauma
5. External ear trauma
Rhinology
6. Epistaxis
7. Orbital haematoma
8. Periorbital cellulitis
9. Nasal trauma
Head and neck
10. Adult acute airway obstruction
11. Acute paediatric airway obstruction
12. Penetrating and blunt neck trauma
13. Upper aerodigestive tract foreign body
14. Deep space neck infections
15. Post-tonsillectomy bleed
16. Post-thyroidectomy haematoma
Section II: Elective
Otology
17. Hearing loss and audiology
18. Otitis externa
19. Acute otitis media
20. Cholesteatoma
21. Dizziness and vertigo
22. Tinnitus
23. Facial nerve palsy
Rhinology
24. Rhinosinusitis
25. Anosmia
Head and neck
26. Head and neck malignancy
27. Malignancy of unknown primary
28. Dysphonia
29. Thyroid lump
30. Salivary gland mass
31. Dysphagia
Paediatrics
32. Paediatric hearing loss
33. Paediatric sleep disordered breathing
Index