A woman in her forties with ear pain.

Background: A woman in her forties developed intermittent pain in her ear and pharynx which worsened when talking and swallowing. Multidisciplinary approach confirmed a rare diagnosis.

Case Presentation: The patient reported left-sided ear fullness, followed by otalgia and burning pain in the palate.

Cost Analysis of Open Surgical Bedside Tracheostomy in Intensive Care Unit Patients.

Objectives: Open surgical tracheostomy (OST) is a common procedure performed on intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The procedure can be performed bedside in the ICU (bedside open surgical tracheostomy, BeOST) or in the operating room (operating room open surgical tracheostomy, OROST), with comparable safety and long-term complication rates. We aimed to perform a cost analysis and evaluate the use of human resources and the total time used for both BeOSTs and OROSTs.