Publications by authors named "Matthew A Bromwich"
Objectives/hypothesis: Create a competency-based assessment tool for pediatric esophagoscopy with foreign body removal.
Study Design: Blinded modified Delphi consensus process.
Setting: Tertiary care center.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to develop a competency-based assessment tool specifically for pediatric tracheotomy procedures.
- Using a modified Delphi consensus process, expert surgeons evaluated a list of potential assessment items in two rounds to identify which steps were considered essential.
- The results indicated that it is feasible to achieve consensus on important procedural steps, guiding the creation of the assessment tool for better training and evaluation of medical trainees in this area.
Background: The majority of pediatric surgeries are performed in a day surgery setting. The rate of adverse postoperative outcomes and the factors that influence them are poorly described in the Canadian setting. Concerns about the safety of adenotonsillectomy (AT) have been raised.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSelf-administered hearing loss screening using an interactive, tablet play audiometer with ear bud headphones.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
August 2015
Background And Objective: The timely diagnosis and treatment of acquired hearing loss in the pediatric population has significant implications for a child's development. Audiological assessment in children, however, carries both technological and logistical challenges. Typically, specialized methods (such as play audiometry) are required to maintain the child's attention and can be resource intensive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To examine the presentation, mechanisms, and management of blunt laryngotracheal trauma in a pediatric population, emphasizing the rise in severity.
Design: Retrospective analysis of laryngotracheal trauma evaluated from 1995 to 2008. The presentation, mechanism, management and outcomes data are detailed.
The DizzyFix: initial results of a new dynamic visual device for the home treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
June 2008
Objective: To develop and test a completely new dynamic visual device for the home treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).
Design: Randomized, controlled, prospective trial.
Setting: Tertiary care hospital.
Objectives: To develop a new method of screening audiometry that reduces the adverse effects of low frequency background noise by using active noise reduction (ANR) headphone technology.
Design: Prospective testing within an anechoic chamber evaluated the physical properties of ANR headphones. A prospective clinical crossover study compared standard audiometry with ANR headphone audiometry.
Objective: To determine the efficiency (and accuracy) of endoscopic repair versus transconjunctival repair for orbital floor fractures in a cadaveric model.
Methods: In nine fresh cadavers, a standardized technique created orbital floor fractures. One orbit was repaired using an endoscopic transantral approach, whereas the other was repaired using a standard transconjunctival approach.