Readability and Quality of English and Spanish Online Health Information about Cochlear Implants.

Objective: According to the American Medical Association, Internet web site health information should be written at or below a 6th grade reading level. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the readability and quality of cochlear implant web site health information.

Study Design: Cross-sectional web site analysis.

Tracheotomy Outcomes in the Medical Intensive Care Unit.

This is a retrospective chart review of 161 MICU patients who underwent tracheotomy by the Otolaryngology service at the University of Missouri Hospital from April 2015 through March 2018. The objectives of this study were to describe long term outcomes of patients who underwent tracheotomy, and identify any clinical variables associated with these outcomes. One-year mortality was 37% (50/161), and on multivariate analysis only age (p=0.

Cross-reactivity in Skin Prick Test Results of Members Within Pooideae Subfamily.

Objective: Molecular similarities of grass pollen antigens have led to the view that cross-reactivity exists within members of the Pooideae subfamily of grasses. This has resulted in testing for only the most antigenically representative member of Pooideae, Timothy grass (), despite little literature to support the claim that is the most representative member or that in vitro cross-reactivity correlates with in vivo cross-reactivity. The aim of the study was to determine if patients with allergic rhinitis symptoms and positive skin prick test results to meadow fescue () also have positive results to Timothy grass.

Implications of Treatment Modality on Chronic Opioid Use Following Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between treatment modality and chronic opioid use in a large cohort of patients with head and neck cancer.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Single academic center.

Atypical lymphoid hyperplasia in a patient undergoing tonsillectomy for severe obstructive sleep apnea.

Tonsillectomy is a common procedure in the pediatric population, with subsequent microscopic examination of the specimen for cancer and other rare diagnoses occurring routinely. A 17 year-old female with a history of autoimmune vasculitis underwent adenotonsillectomy for severe obstructive sleep apnea. Pathology demonstrated small, medium and large lymphocytes and plasma cells obscuring the lymphoid follicles and germinal centers, with few Epstein-Barr virus positive lymphocytes.