Discharge destination following elective and emergency surgical tracheostomies in head and neck cancer patients.

Objectives: Tracheostomy in the setting of head and neck cancer may be performed either electively for prophylactic airway protection in an ablative procedure, or as an emergency due to impending airway obstruction in the setting of an obstructing upper aerodigestive tract malignancy. Tracheostomy care has biopsychosocial implications, which may require a higher level of care from carers, post-acute care, or placement into care facilities. Existing database studies have largely excluded patients with a history of head and neck cancer.

Period poverty: The perceptions and experiences of impoverished women living in an inner-city area of Northwest England.

Background: The menstrual needs of girls and women are important to health, education, and well-being. Unmet need and harm from poor menstrual health in low-and- middle-income countries have been documented, but with little empirical research undertaken in high income countries. Continuing austerity in the UK suggests menstruators are likely more vulnerable to 'period poverty' than previously, with the COVID-19 pandemic assumed to exacerbate the situation.

Treatment outcomes of standard (high dose) cisplatin and non-standard chemotherapy for locally advanced head and neck cancer.

Introduction: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy with high-dose (HD) cisplatin is the standard treatment for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA-HNSCC). Due to the higher treatment-related adverse effects with standard therapy, alternative regimens (non-standard therapy), namely, lower dose weekly cisplatin, carboplatin/paclitaxel, or cetuximab are considered. There is, however, no consensus on non-standard regimens.

Tracheostomy clinical practices and patient outcomes in three tertiary metropolitan hospitals in Australia.

Background: There is a paucity of literature in Australia on patient-focused tracheostomy outcomes and process outcomes. Exploration of processes of care enables teams to identify and address existing barriers that may prevent earlier therapeutic interventions that could improve patient outcomes following critical care survival.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine and provide baseline data and associations between tracheostomy clinical practices and patient outcomes across three large metropolitan hospitals.