Complications of acute mastoiditis in a paediatric population at a UK Tertiary Centre: A retrospective review.

Objectives: Acute mastoiditis (AM) and its associated intra and extracranial complications are rare complications of acute otitis media. However, they are associated with a high morbidity. The management of AM with complications carries significant variations in approach.

Comparison of clinical estimations and radiological measurements in the context of paediatric cervical masses: How accurate are we?

Objectives: Cervical masses represent a common presentation to the paediatric ENT outpatient clinic. Despite their high prevalence, few represent an underlying malignant pathology. Currently, there is no universally accepted algorithm for management of such cases in the United Kingdom.

One year on: assessing the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on demand for semi-urgent ENT services.

Objective: This study investigated how the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has impacted on presentations to ENT first-on-call services.

Methods: All appointments to a rapid access triage clinic from 1 June to 31 August in 2019 and 2020 were reviewed retrospectively and their reasons for consultation classified. A binomial proportion test was used to determine whether the proportions of consultations per presentation differed significantly between years.

Food bolus and oesophageal foreign body: a summary of the evidence and proposed management process.

Purpose: Food bolus and oesophageal foreign bodies are a common presentation that may be managed by otolaryngologists, gastroenterologists, acute medicine physicians and accident and emergency. The condition is highly variable with presentations ranging from well patients whose obstruction spontaneously passes to peri-arrest with severe aspiration or impending airway compromise. Management of this condition is heterogeneous and often depends on the specialty the patient is originally admitted under.

What still presents urgently to ENT during a pandemic? Experience of an ENT rapid access clinic during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Objectives: This study sought to determine the conditions that still present to ENT despite government advice to avoid unnecessary travel. It also assessed the impact of social distancing on pathologies presenting to ENT and reviewed the usefulness of telephone consultations in semi-urgent presentations.

Method: A retrospective review was conducted of 97 instances of patient care carried out in the rapid access ENT clinic at a large district general hospital.