Clinical Epidemiology
Clinical Epidemiology Hussein Hollands MD, FRCSC, MSc (Epid) Simon Hollands MD, MSc (Epid) Sanjay Sharma MD, MS (Epid), FRCSC, MBA Introduction It is now commonplace for physicians and patients to…
Introduction to Outcome Analysis and Office-Based Clinical Research
Introduction to Outcome Analysis and Office-Based Clinical Research Richard M. Rosenfeld The American psychiatrist Philip Bonnet once noted, “The patient is always the ultimate source of knowledge.” Consequently, every clinical…
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy Jerome S. Schwartz Gady Har-El Frank DiPillo Chemotherapy, the management of disease with chemical substances, is used to manage primary as well as recurrent cancers. It can be used…
Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy Jerome S. Schwartz Gady Har-El Hassan Aziz Radiation therapy is based on directed ionizing radiation used to manage malignant and, occasionally, benign tumors. Radiation therapy can be used…
Occupational Medicine
Occupational Medicine Rhoda Wynn Andrew C. Goldman Occupational and environmental medicine is a specialty that focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of diseases related to the workplace and environment….
Pain Management
Pain Management Joshua Greenspan Pain is an important phenomenon in many otolaryngologic disorders. During the last 10 years, treatment of these disorders has improved greatly through cooperative arrangements with physicians…
Antimicrobial Therapy in Otolaryngology
Antimicrobial Therapy in Otolaryngology Marina Boruk Richard M. Rosenfeld One-fourth of all Americans who seek medical care do so because of an infectious disease. At least 150 million courses of…
Head and Neck Imaging
Head and Neck Imaging Vishvesh M. Mehta Deborah Reede Gady Har-El Imaging plays a profound role in the head and neck diagnostic process. Head and neck imaging is continuously undergoing…
Geriatric Otolaryngology
Geriatric Otolaryngology Mahesh H. Bhaya Frank E. Lucente The increase in the number of people older than 65 years represents a marked change in demographic patterns in the United States….
Psychological Disorders in Otolaryngology
Psychological Disorders in Otolaryngology Ramaswamy Viswanathan Katarzyna Derlukiewicz Frank E. Lucente Numerous symptoms in the otolaryngologic region may reflect an underlying psychological disturbance that either constitutes or modifies the cause…
