Modifiable risk factors for developing otitis media with effusion in children under 12 years in high-income countries: a systematic review.

Objective: To systematically assess the modifiable risk factors for developing otitis media with effusion (OME) in children under 12 years.

Methods: We searched Embase, MEDLINE, INAHTA database, CENTRAL, CDSR and Epistemonikos for cohort studies with ≥40 children per arm/prognostic factor, published in English from 2000 to November 2022. We assessed risk of bias using the Quality in Prognosis Studies checklist, and overall evidence quality was assessed using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology.

An extremely rare and atypical paediatric presentation of a maxillary sinus haemangioma in the UK.

We present a rare and unusual case of a 16-year-old girl, with no significant medical history, presenting with right nasal obstruction and suspected sinusitis with occasional epistaxis and haemoptysis. On examination, she had a mass lesion in the right nasal cavity, with no evidence of other pathology on assessment of the ears, nose, throat or head and neck. A CT scan revealed an opacified right maxillary sinus with polypoidal mucosa, extending and passing through the accessory ostium into the right nasal cavity.

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients presenting with pituitary apoplexy.

Purpose: To review the clinical and biochemical characteristics and clinical outcome of patients presenting with pituitary apoplexy to a tertiary centre.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical features, predisposing factors, biochemistry and clinical outcome of patients presenting with pituitary apoplexy to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust between 1991 to 2015.

Results: We identified 64 patients with pituitary apoplexy (more complete clinical records were available in 52 patients).

The medical student as a patient: attitudes towards involvement in the quality and safety of health care.

Background: In recent years, factors that affect patients' willingness and ability to participate in safety-relevant behaviours have been investigated. However, how trained healthcare professionals or medical students would feel participating in safety-relevant behaviours as a patient in hospital remains largely unexplored.

Objectives: To investigate medical students' willingness to participate in behaviours related to the quality and safety of their health care.