Litigation in pediatric otorhinolaryngology: Lessons in improving patient care.

Objective(s): Medico-legal claims involving children place a substantial financial burden on health services and have a profound emotional and psychological impact on clinicians. Our objective was to analyze both the common causes and cost of litigation in pediatric otorhinolaryngology.

Methods: A retrospective review of all clinical negligence claims within pediatric otolaryngology (0-17 years inclusive) in NHS (National Health Service) England held by the clinical negligence service 'NHS Resolution between' 4/2013 and 4/2020.

Endoscopic Multipoint Laser System for Objective Pediatric Airway Assessment.

Recent technological advances within aeronautical engineering have demonstrated the delivery of objective quantitative endoscopic measurements to within one-hundredth of a millimeter. We sought to validate this emerging laser technology in a simulation-based assessment of pediatric airway stenosis. A 4.

Emergency medicine response to the COVID-19 pandemic in England: a phenomenological study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched EDs globally, with many regions in England challenged by the number of COVID-19 presentations. In order to rapidly share learning to inform future practice, we undertook a thematic review of ED operational experience within England during the pandemic thus far.

Methods: A rapid phenomenological approach using semistructured telephone interviews with ED clinical leads from across England was undertaken between 16 and 22 April 2020.

Otorhinolaryngology litigation in England: 727 clinical negligence cases against the National Health Service.

Introduction: Litigation against the National Health Service (NHS) in England is rising. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and characteristics of otorhinolaryngology clinical negligence claims in England.

Methods: A retrospective review was undertaken of all clinical negligence claims in England held by NHS Resolution relating to otorhinolaryngology between April 2013 and April 2018.

Pyogenic granuloma gravidarum: a case in the nasal cavity and the use of MRI as a preoperative surgical aide.

Pyogenic granuloma gravidarum is a benign fibrovascular proliferative lesion usually involving the oral gingivae in pregnant patients. While it also occurs, although less frequently, on other oral sites such as lips, tongue and palate, it is relatively unusual to find it in the nasal cavity. Furthermore, lesions normally involute spontaneously after childbirth.