The Impact of Marital Status and Race in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Objectives: To examine the difference in survival of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) based on marital status and race.

Methods: A single academic institution with data collection from 2005 to 2015. Patients with a diagnosis of OSA based on polysomnogram were abstracted from electronic medical records.

The Importance of Female Mentors and Safety in the Workplace to Female Otolaryngology Applicants When Creating Rank Lists.

Objectives: The aim of this research is to understand the importance of female career mentors, research mentors, co-residents, and program directors/chairs to current female otolaryngology residents when applying to residency. The importance of safety in the workplace was also investigated.

Methods: Surveys were sent via electronic mail to 119 programs, and program directors were asked to distribute them to female residents.

Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis presenting as cervical abscess and subcutaneous emphysema: A case report.

Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis results from hematogenous spread of a bacterial infection, usually in the immunocompromised. It commonly presents as a chest wall abscess. Cervical abscess resulting from sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis is a rare complication with only one reported case in the English literature.

Immunolocalization of calcium sensing and transport proteins in the murine endolymphatic sac indicates calciostatic functions within the inner ear.

An exceptionally low calcium (Ca) concentration in the inner ear endolymph ([Ca]) is crucial for proper auditory and vestibular function. The endolymphatic sac (ES) is believed to critically contribute to the maintenance of this low [Ca]. Here, we investigated the immunohistochemical localization of proteins that are presumably involved in the sensing and transport of extracellular Ca in the murine ES epithelium.

Clinical Imaging Findings of Vestibular Aqueduct Trauma in a Patient With Posttraumatic Meniere's Syndrome.

Posttraumatic Meniere's syndrome is a rare clinical entity. The pathomechanism by which temporal bone trauma leads to fluctuating audiovestibular symptoms, in some cases with a delay of onset many years after trauma, remains elusive. Here, a clinical case and the respective temporal bone imaging data were reviewed to investigate the underlying inner ear pathology.

English translation and validation of the Zurich chronic middle ear inventory (ZCMEI-21-E) assessing quality of life in chronic otitis media: A prospective international multicentre study.

Objectives: To translate and validate the Zurich Chronic Middle Ear Inventory (ZCMEI-21) for the English language in order to provide an English instrument to assess health-related quality of life in chronic otitis media (COM).

Design: Pilot translation study including cognitive debriefings, prospective multicentre cross-sectional psychometric validation study.

Setting: Four tertiary referral centres in three different English-speaking countries (UK, USA and Australia).

Neuronal erythropoietin overexpression is protective against kanamycin-induced hearing loss in mice.

Aminoglycosides have detrimental effects on the hair cells of the inner ear, yet these agents indisputably are one of the cornerstones in antibiotic therapy. Hence, there is a demand for strategies to prevent aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity, which are not available today. In vitro data suggests that the pleiotropic growth factor erythropoietin (EPO) is neuroprotective against aminoglycoside-induced hair cell loss.