Dysphagia in COVID-19 Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are infrequently nourished via oral feeding due to aspiration risks. Patients with COVID-19 and on ECMO represent a subpopulation that has additional factors that may affect their swallow function. This study aimed to describe the swallow function and ability to maintain oral feeding in patients with COVID-19 while on ECMO.

Ectopic Olfactory Neuroblastoma: Systematic Review of a Rare Clinical Entity among Sinonasal Tumors.

 Ectopic olfactory neuroblastoma is an uncommon manifestation of an already rare neoplasm. We aimed to systematically review the literature for cases of ectopic olfactory neuroblastoma to better characterize this rare disease entity and to present two new case reports.  A search of the PubMed and Embase databases was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines to identify English-language articles reporting cases of ectopic olfactory neuroblastoma, published from 1955 through November 2021.

Designing an evidence-based free-flap pathway in head and neck reconstruction.

Background: The use of autologous free-tissue transfer is an increasingly utilized tool in the ladder of reconstructive options to preserve and restore function in patients with head and neck cancer. This article focuses on the evidence surrounding perioperative care that optimizes surgical outcomes and describes one tertiary center's approach to standardized free-flap care.

Data Sources: This article examines English literature from PubMed and offers expert opinion on perioperative free-flap care for head and neck oncology.

See many, do one, teach many more: Assessing quality and reliability of publicly available endoscopic videos in rhinology.

Objectives: The use of video recording is commonplace in rhinology given the increased use of endoscopes when evaluating patients in the office and the operating room and for its educational potential. This study aimed to determine the quality of publicly available endoscopic videos in rhinology.

Methods: A video search was performed on YouTube in April 2020 and included all videos since its inception in 2005 using terms related to rhinology found in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Case Log Coding Guide.

Prognostic Indicators of Survival in Sinonasal Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: A National Cancer Database Analysis.

Objectives/hypothesis: This study offers an update on the epidemiologic and prognostic factors and treatment-specific outcomes in patients diagnosed with sinonasal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Methods: National Cancer Database was queried from 2004 to 2016 for patients with sinonasal DLBCL.

Cochlear Implantation in Patients With Menière's Disease: Does Disease Activity Affect the Outcome?

Objective: Menière's disease (MD) is characterized by episodes of vertigo, tinnitus, and sensorineural hearing loss. In the setting of bilateral deafness due to MD alone or contralateral pathology, cochlear implantation (CI) improves hearing. Active MD is characterized by fluctuating auditory symptoms and vertigo; whereas remittance of vertiginous symptoms and severe, permanent sensorineural hearing loss characterizes the inactive disease state.

Effect of Implementing Simulation Education on Health Care Worker Comfort With Nasopharyngeal Swabbing for COVID-19.

Objective: To determine if rapid implementation of simulation training for the nasopharyngeal swab procedure can increase provider confidence regarding procedure competency.

Methods: A simulation training exercise was designed as a departmental initiative to improve competency performing nasopharyngeal swabs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sixty-one health care workers attended teaching sessions led by the Department of Otorhinolaryngology on proper nasopharyngeal swab technique.

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) analysis demonstrates dimer/oligomer formation of the human breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2) in intact cells.

The human breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2) is a half ATP-binding cassette (ABC) efflux transporter that plays an important role in drug resistance and disposition. Although BCRP is believed to function as a homodimer or homooligomer, this has not been demonstrated in vivo in intact cells. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated dimer/oligmer formation of BCRP in intact cells.