What is Asthma? Pathophysiology, Demographics, and Health Care Costs
Asthma is an obstructive pulmonary disorder with exacerbations characterized by symptoms of shortness of breath, cough, chest tightness, and/or wheezing. Symptoms are caused by chronic airway inflammation. There are multiple…
Why Otolaryngologists and Asthma Are a Good Match
Consideration of the unified airway model when managing patients with rhinitis and or asthma allows a more comprehensive care plan and therefore improved patient outcomes. Asthma is linked to rhinitis…
Doc, I Can’t Breathe!
Karen H. Calhoun, MD, FACS, FAAOA, Editor As otolaryngologists, we are trained to think, first, of surgical airway emergencies requiring tracheostomy or other urgent surgery; second, we think about nasal obstruction….
Medical Management of Adult Headache
We review the therapies for primary headache disorders: migraine, chronic migraine, tension-type headache, and cluster headache. Recommendations follow the evidence-based treatments so far as is possible with expert opinion to…
The Neurosurgical Treatment of Neuropathic Facial Pain
This article reviews the definition, etiology and evaluation, and medical and neurosurgical treatment of neuropathic facial pain. A neuropathic origin for facial pain should be considered when evaluating a patient…
Vertiginous Headache and Its Management
Vertiginous headache encompasses patients with dizziness or vertigo as well as headache, even though the symptoms may not occur in an obvious temporal relationship. The type of dizziness experienced by…
The Essential Role of the Otolaryngologist in the Diagnosis and Management of Temporomandibular Joint and Chronic Oral, Head, and Facial Pain Disorders
This article clarifies the current state of knowledge of chronic oral, head, and facial pain (COHFP) conditions with the inclusion of temporomandibular joint disorders as just one component of the…
Red Flags and Comfort Signs for Ominous Secondary Headaches
Secondary headaches are classified by the cause of the underlying disease process that is causing the headache. There are hundreds of secondary headache diagnoses and this article is not an…
Evaluation and Management of “Sinus Headache” in the Otolaryngology Practice
Key points • Patients will believe pain or pressure over the sinus region is originating from the sinuses until you can prove otherwise, either by endoscopy or CT scan. •…
