Cataloging Existing Hearing Loss Cohort Data to Guide the Development of Precision Medicine for Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review of Hearing Repositories.

Recent breakthroughs in our understanding of sensorineural hearing loss etiology have encouraged the identification of novel hearing therapeutics, paving the way for precision hearing medicine. Critical to this field is the curation of health resources on hearing data. A systematic review of the literature was conducted to map existing (inter)national and regional datasets that include hearing data to inform the development of future hearing repositories.

'How to stop a nosebleed': a combined objective and subjective assessment of YouTube videos on first-aid management of epistaxis.

Objective: A previous study in 2016 found that the quality of YouTube videos on epistaxis first-aid management was highly variable. This study aimed to reassess the accuracy and patient understandability of such YouTube videos.

Method: YouTube was searched using the phrase 'How to stop a nosebleed'.

Dexamethasone administration to improve patient recovery in ambulatory vaginal reconstructive surgery: a randomized prospective trial.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Dexamethasone is a potent glucocorticoid that may improve quality of recovery (QoR). We hypothesized that standard administration of dexamethasone at induction may improve QoR compared to placebo in subjects undergoing ambulatory vaginal reconstructive surgeries.

Methods: This was a randomized prospective clinical trial on subjects scheduled for ambulatory vaginal reconstructive surgery for prolapse and/or urinary incontinence.

Deep neck space infection extending to the mediastinum that was treated conservatively.

Deep neck space infections (DNSIs) are challenging to diagnose and manage. A female ex-smoker presented with difficulty breathing and chest pain. She was initially treated for exacerbation of emphysema with intravenous antibiotics.

Parapharyngeal and floor-of-mouth abscess secondary to tonsillar phlegmon: A rare and unusual cause of Ludwig's angina.

We present an unusual case of Ludwig's angina secondary to a left tonsillar phlegmon in a previously fit and well 50-year-old woman. This tonsillar phlegmon spread along the peritonsillar/parapharyngeal plane to cause a diffuse cellulitis and collection in the submental, sublingual, and submandibular spaces despite empirical intravenous antibiotic therapy.