Anosmia: Loss of Smell in the Elderly
More than 35 million people in the United States are aged 65 years or older. Of people aged more than 80 years, 62% to 80% have a significant reduction in…
Palliative Treatment of Dysphonia and Dysarthria
The focus of this article is the palliative treatment of a variety of dysphonic conditions. Symptomatic relief of hoarseness can be achieved by voice therapy, augmentative alternative communication modalities, and…
Disorders of Swallowing: Palliative Care
This article defines palliative care for swallowing disorders as treatment for severe and chronic dysphagia or intractable aspiration when the recovery of normal swallowing is not anticipated and attempts to…
Hearing Loss
For physicians treating patients with sensorineural hearing loss, therapy is directed more toward helping the patient cope with the loss of hearing rather than offering various medical or surgical interventions….
Chronic Subjective Dizziness
This article reviews the authors’ work, which expands on previous studies to confirm that anxiety-related processes cause or maintain symptoms of dizziness. Discussed are interventions directed at patients’ underlying psychologic…
Palliative Aspects of Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a chronic, frequently debilitating, and potentially life-threatening disease. Therapy for RRP has evolved from simply inserting a tracheotomy to provide an airway and plucking out…
Rehabilitation After Cranial Base Surgery
Recent advancements in skull base surgery to remove or diminish the size of cranial base tumors allow more to be done than ever before to preserve life for patients who…
Subjective Idiopathic Tinnitus and Palliative Care: A Plan for Diagnosis and Treatment
This article integrates the highlights of the authors’ clinical experiences derived from existing protocols for tinnitus diagnosis and treatment with the evolving discipline of palliation medicine. Specifically, it demonstrates how…
Principles and Core Competencies of Surgical Palliative Care: an Overview
The concept of palliation is as old as surgery itself, perhaps so old that it has been taken for granted rather than conceptualized as a primary framework for surgical care….
Palliative Care for the Patient with Refractory Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Most otolaryngologists encounter patients with chronic rhinosinusitis who, despite conventional medical and surgical therapy, fail to show significant symptomatic improvement. Many paradigms have been proposed to explain the mechanisms responsible…
