A Quality Improvement Approach to Reduce Unplanned Extubation in the NICU While Avoiding Sedation and Restraints.

Unlabelled: The unplanned extubation (UE), a common adverse event in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), may result in airway trauma, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and, in extreme cases, death. As part of the Nationwide Children's Hospital NICU's effort to optimize NICU graduates' neurodevelopmental outcomes, skin-to-skin care of intubated infants is encouraged, while sedation and restraints to prevent UE are strongly discouraged. This project aimed to decrease the UE rate from 1.

Traumatic versus Idiopathic Benign Positional Vertigo: Analysis of Disease, Treatment, and Outcome Characteristics.

Objective: To compare characteristics between traumatic and idiopathic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) focusing on outcomes.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: High-volume tertiary otology center.

Causes of Persistent Positional Vertigo Following Posterior Semicircular Canal Occlusion for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.

Objective: To report causes of persistent recalcitrant positional vertigo (PRPV) after posterior semicircular canal occlusion (PSCO) for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Single high-volume otology practice.

Patient, disease, and outcome characteristics of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo with and without Meniere's disease.

Background: Meniere's disease (MD)-associated benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is complex and difficult to diagnose, and reports of its prevalence, pathologic features and outcomes are sparse and conflicting.

Objective: Report disease characteristics and outcomes associated with the presence of MD in patients with BPPV.

Materials/methods: A retrospective study of patients with BPPV between 2007 and 2017 at a single, high-volume institution.

Endolymphatic Sac Decompression With Intra-Sac Dexamethasone Injection in Menière's Disease.

Objective: Endolymphatic sac decompression surgery (ELSD) may be used to treat patients who have Menière's 's disease refractory to medical therapy. In this study, we investigated whether or not the injection of steroid into the endolymphatic sac at the time of ELSD provides additional benefit to patient outcomes.

Study Design: Randomized prospective single-blinded placebo-controlled study.