Audiovestibular outcomes in adult patients with cogan syndrome: a systematic review.

Purpose: To determine factors associated with steroid responsiveness and efficacy of biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic (DMARD) use in patients with Cogan Syndrome (CS).

Methods: A systematic search of Cochrane Library, PubMed, CINAHL, and Scopus was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines. Any study describing audiometric or vestibular data and pharmacologic treatment in patients with CS was included.

Infarctive Apoplexy of Previously Healthy Pituitary Glands: A Small Case Series and Literature Review.

 We present two cases of suspected pituitary apoplexy found instead to be infarcted pituitary glands without histopathologic evidence of neoplastic cells, likely resulting from spontaneous infarction of previously healthy pituitary glands.  The first case is a 55-year-old man who presented with a pulsating headache, nausea, and several months of decreased libido, polyuria, and polydipsia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a rim-enhancing sellar/suprasellar mass with evidence of recent hemorrhage on the right.

Secondary autoimmune immune ear disease (AIED): a systematic review and meta-analysis on vestibular manifestations of systemic autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.

Secondary autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) is often bilateral and asymmetric in patients presenting with audiovestibular symptoms due to a systemic autoimmune disease. This systematic review and meta-analysis are aimed at identifying and highlighting patterns in prevalence of vestibular dysfunction, symptom presentation, and diagnostic methods in extant literature by combining clinical context from case reports with quantitative analyses from cohort studies. Screening of articles by title, abstract, and full text was completed by four reviewers (K.

Pediatric obesity education and counseling in otolaryngology clinics: A survey of ASPO members.

Background: Adenotonsillectomy can cure pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in 80% of children without obesity but only 20-30% of children with obesity. Despite this, there is a current lack of consistent guidelines and practices around pediatric obesity management in otolaryngology. This study evaluated the extent of counseling, referrals, confidence, and barriers in addressing childhood obesity in pediatric otolaryngology.

Comparing Myringoplasty to Type I Tympanoplasty in Tympanic Membrane Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objective: To compare the anatomic success rates of type I tympanoplasty (tympanoplasty) versus myringoplasty. By our definition, tympanoplasty involves entering the middle ear via elevation of a tympanomeatal flap, while myringoplasty involves surgery to the drumhead without middle ear exposure.

Data Sources: PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, Cochrane.

Prevalence of Polypharmacy in Patients With Vestibular and Balance Complaints.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of polypharmacy in patients presenting with dizziness to a tertiary neurotology clinic and analyze the association between polypharmacy and clinical characteristics.

Design: Retrospective, cross-sectional review. Demographics, symptoms, diagnoses, medications, audiometry, dizziness handicap index (DHI) scores, and cognitive failure questionnaire (CFQ) scores were extracted from charts of patients seen as new patients from September 1, 2019, to March 31, 2020, with a primary complaint of dizziness.

Trends and Outcomes of Fungal Temporal Bone Osteomyelitis: A Scoping Review.

Introduction: Temporal bone osteomyelitis is an invasive infection most often caused by bacteria and associated with high mortality. Fungal etiologies are rare and little is known of the predictors of disease severity and outcomes in fungal temporal bone osteomyelitis.

Materials And Methods: A scoping review was performed to determine what is known from the literature on how clinical, diagnostic, and treatment characteristics relate to patient outcomes in fungal temporal bone osteomyelitis.

Assessment of the Cost Burden of Episodic Recurrent Vestibular Vertigo in the US.

Importance: Understanding of the economic burden of recurrent vestibular causes of vertigo and areas contributing to the cost is needed.

Objective: To analyze and identify the factors contributing to the direct medical costs associated with Ménière disease (MD), vestibular migraine (VM), and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

Design, Setting, And Participants: This economic evaluation used MarketScan Commercial Database claims data from 2018 to identify the non-Medicare patient population with the diagnoses of MD, VM, or BPPV.

Association of Sinonasal Computed Tomography Scores to Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objective: To perform a systematic review of proposed sinus computed tomography (CT) scoring systems and determine their association with patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).

Data Sources: PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Cochrane Library.

Review Methods: A systematic search was conducted following the PRISMA guidelines (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses) for studies describing CT scores and PROMs in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.

Otologic Manifestations of Psoriasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Introduction: Psoriatic skin lesions are often seen in the auricle and external auditory canal, but middle ear and inner ear manifestations are not easily identified. Several studies have indicated hearing loss and vestibular dysfunction with psoriasis, but the extent of association has not been well defined.

Methods: A systematic search of PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Cochrane Library was conducted following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.

Association of computed tomography scores to psychophysical measures of olfaction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: While various sinus computed tomography (CT) scoring systems have been proposed and used in the literature, no single system has been identified as superior. The strength of associations between CT scoring systems and measures of olfaction also remains unclear.

Methods: A systematic review of PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.

Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility of Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients With Sellar/Suprasellar Lesions with Chiasm Impingement: A Systematic Review/ Meta-Analyses.

Background: In this review, we appraised the current literature on the utility of optical coherence tomography (OCT) as a diagnostic and predictive factor for postoperative visual function outcomes in patients with sellar/suprasellar lesions with chiasmal impingement.

Methods: A systematic search of PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Cochrane Library was conducted following PRISMA guidelines. Included studies described diagnostic or prognostic utility of OCT in patients with sellar/suprasellar lesions with chiasmal impingement.