Optimization of diagnostic and procedural codes to identify patients with acute invasive fungal sinusitis.

Acute invasive fungal sinusitis (IFS) is a rare disease with high mortality There is no designated International Classification of Diseases code for IFS We propose a novel method to identify IFS using optimized codes complemented by medications.

Climate change, the environment, and rhinologic disease.

Background: The escalating negative impact of climate change on our environment has the potential to result in significant morbidity of rhinologic diseases.

Methods: Evidence based review of examples of rhinologic diseases including allergic and nonallergic rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, and allergic fungal rhinosinusitis was performed.

Results: The lower socioeconomic population, including historically oppressed groups, will be disproportionately affected.

A Remarkable Response of Granulomatous Hypophysitis to Infliximab in a Patient With a Background of Crohn's Disease-A Case Report.

Hypophysitis is primary or idiopathic or secondary to another disease process. The histologic subtypes of hypophysitis are lymphocytic, granulomatous, xanthomatous, xanthogranulomatous, or IgG4-related. Granulomatous hypophysitis is the second most common form and is characterized by multinucleated giant cells with granulomas and histiocytes.

Electronic health records and resident workflow: a time-motion study of otolaryngology residents.

Objectives/hypothesis: To evaluate the impact of electronic health records (EHRs) on the workflow of otolaryngology residents.

Study Design: Prospective, time-motion study.

Methods: A time-motion study was conducted both in the 2009 to 2010 and 2012 to 2013 postgraduate years.

Otolaryngology resident workflow: a time-motion and efficiency study.

Objective: To investigate workflow in an otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency program over 1 year and identify areas for improvement in the efficiency of resident education and training.

Study Design: Time-motion study.

Setting: An urban, county hospital and a Veterans Affairs medical center hospital.