Patient perspectives on recall period and response options in patient-reported outcome measures for chronic rhinosinusitis symptomatology: A pilot study.

Objective: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for assessment of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) employ a variety of recall periods and response scales for reporting CRS symptom burden. CRS patient perspective is unknown with respect to recall periods and response scales in PROMs.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Olfactory Dysfunction is not a Determinant Of Patient-Reported Chronic Rhinosinusitis Disease Control.

Objectives/hypothesis: As a cardinal symptom of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), hyposmia has been recommended to be assessed as a component of CRS disease control. Herein we determine the significance of hyposmia in CRS in the context of nasal obstruction and drainage symptoms.

Study Design: Prospective, cross-sectional METHODS: Cross-sectional study of 308 CRS patients (102 CRSwNP, 206 CRSsNP) without prior endoscopic sinus surgery.

Norwood Procedure With Left Ventricle Exclusion in Complex Single Ventricle Patients: A Novel Technique.

Background: Hypoplastic left heart disease and its variants complicated by severe semilunar and atrioventricular valve insufficiency are associated with a high mortality risk in utero and postnatally. Through the description of three cases, this report outlines the evolution of a successful strategy of morphological left ventricle isolation (ie, "left-sided Starnes") in caring for this rare cohort of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).

Methods: This study includes three patients: two patients prenatally diagnosed and one transferred from an outside hospital.