Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Otolaryngology: 2006 COUGH, WHEEZES, AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 24 December 21, 2006 Asthma: differential diagnosis and management in children – Warren E. Regelmann, MD Chronic cough: a patient–centered approach – Pramod Kelkar, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Sneezes And Wheezes: An Update On Asthma And Allergy Presented By Health Partners Institute For Medical Education POINTERS ON SURGICAL TECHNIQUE Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 23 December 7, 2006 Spontaneous transtemporal CSF leak – John P. Leonetti, MD Anterior skull base tumor surgery – Larry Hoover, MD Managing complications of mastoid surgery – Clough Shelton, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. HEAD AND NECK CANCER: ADVICE ON MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 22 November 21, 2006 Cancer of the oral cavity: chemoprevention – Jay Boyle, MD Early cancer of the larynx – Snehal G. Patel, MD Cancer of the hypopharynx – Dr. Boyle Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Current Concepts In Head And Neck Surgery Presented By Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center And University Of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center CLINICAL ISSUES IN PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 21 November 7, 2006 Pediatric head and neck cancer – Nina Shapiro, MD Controversies in airway management – Nina Shapiro, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Clinical Frontiers In Otolaryngology Presented By The Research Study Club Of Los Angeles CA-MRSA AND COPD: ADVICE FOR THE CLINICIAN Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 20 October 21, 2006 Community–acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA–MRSA) – Paul G. Auwaerter, MD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – Gerard W. Frank, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. THOUGHTS ON THYROID CANCER Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 19 October 7, 2006 Medullary thyroid carcinoma – Gary L. Clayman, DMD, MD Medical management of thyroid cancer – Richard J. Robbins, MD Regional lymph nodes in differential thyroid cancer – Randal S. Weber, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Current Concepts In Head And Neck Surgery Presented By Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center And University Of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center CHALLENGING ISSUES FOR THE CLINICIAN Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 18 September 21, 2006 Outpatient antimicrobials: advice on appropriate use – B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD HIV–associated pulmonary disease – Laurence Huang, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TECHNOLOGY AND THE OTOLARYNGOLOGIST Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 17 September 7, 2006 The gamma knife – Peter C Weber, MD The BAHA for single–sided deafness – Robert A. Battista, MD Aminoglycoside exposure and sensorineural hearing loss in patients with cystic fibrosis – D.J. Trigg, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. THE CHALLENGING AIRWAY: INFANTS AND CHILDREN Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 16 August 21, 2006 Airway obstruction: assessment and management – Lauren D. Holinger, MD Sleep and behavior pre– and postadenotonsillectomy; OSA: polysomnographic and behavioral issues – Ron B. Mitchell, MD Sleep and behavior pre– and postadenotonsillectomy; SDB: breathing and behavioral assessment – Julie L. Wei, MD Tonsillectomy: comparison of techniques and complications – Richard Schmidt, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. QUESTIONS BEHIND MEDICINE Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 15 August 7, 2006 A critical eye on evidence–based medicine – Jerome R. Hoffman, MD Death and dying – Steven Z. Pantilat, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. AIRWAY DISORDERS CONCEPTS IN MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 14 July 21, 2006 Eosinophils in chronic sinusitis – Stilianos K. Kountakis, MD, PhD Asthma: gaining and maintaining control – Kaiser G. Lim, MD Pediatric septoplasty – John Bent, MD Cultures in office practice: rhinosinusitis – Andrew H. Murr, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. FORMIDABLE INFECTIONS Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 13 July 7, 2006 Tuberculosis: diagnosis and treatment of latent infection – Robert M. Jasmer, MD Pneumonia: managing community–acquired disease – Lisa G. Winston, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 27th Annual University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine Symposium On Advances In Infectious Diseases PERILS IN THE PEDIATRIC AIRWAY Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 12 June 21, 2006 When the baby wheezes – Paul Stillwell, MD SIDS and infant apnea – Miles Weinberger, MD Inflammation and cystic fibrosis – Jeffrey S. Wagener, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine’s Masters Of Pediatrics: Contemporary And Future Pediatrics TRENDS IN TECHNIQUE Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 11 June 7, 2006 Speaker introduction – Michael Setzen, MD Cost–effective diagnosis of acoustic neuromas – Samuel H. Selesnick, MD CSF leaks during FESS – Richard Lebowitz, MD Nonsedated in–office laryngeal surgery – Stacey L. Halum, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. THE DIFFICULT HEADACHE PATIENT Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 10 May 21, 2006 Cluster headache and cranial neuralgia – Frederick G. Freitag, DO Sinonasal disease and headache: diagnosis and treatment – Howard L. Levine, MD Subjective headache before and after endoscopic sinus surgery – William H. Moretz, III, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ASSAULTS ON THE AIRWAY Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 09 May 7, 2006 Asthma in the adult and elderly patient – Allan T. Luskin, MD Samter's triad: medical and surgical considerations – K. Christopher McMains, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PEARLS AND PITFALLS Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 08 April 21, 2006 Epistaxis: cautery and packing – Jay K. Roberts, MD Nasal polyposis: a clinical–pathological perspective – Andrew H. Murr, MD HPV: update on treatment strategies – Joel Palefsky, MDCM Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. CONCEPTS FOR THE HEAD AND NECK SURGEON Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 07 April 7, 2006 Substernal goiter: who needs surgery? – Elise Brett, MD Hypocalcemia: prevention during thyroid surgery – Robert Sofferman, MD Hypopharyngeal cancer: contemporary management – Randal S. Weber, MD Alcohol withdrawal following surgery: standard protocol – Christopher D. Lansford, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. THYROID DISEASE: MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 06 March 21, 2006 Thyroid nodule: evaluation and management – Jonas Johnson, MD Medullary thyroid cancer: management David W. – Eisele, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. OVERVIEW FOR THE OTOLOGIST AND NEUROTOLOGIST Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 05 March 7, 2006 Evaluation of pediatric hearing loss – Paul R. Lambert, MD Cochlear implantation update – Lawrence R. Lustig, MD The 15–min vestibular examination – Dr. Lustig Venlafaxine for migraine–associated dizziness – Jeffrey P. Staab, MD, MS Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. MALICIOUS MICROBES: GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 04 February 21, 2006 Upper respiratory tract infections – George C. Mejicano, MD, MS Sinusitis; Pharyngitis Emerging viral illnesses – R. Jeffery Kohlwes, MD, MPH West Nile virus; Avian influenza Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. CURRENT CONCEPTS IN CANCER MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 03 February 7, 2006 Oral cavity cancer – Eugene N. Myers, MD Laryngeal cancer – K. Tom Robbins, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the Father McGivney Cancer Center, Hospital of San Raphael Symposium on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Oral Cavity and Head and Neck Tumors MANAGEMENT OPTIONS IN OTOLOGY Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 02 January 21, 2006 Managing the draining ear – Soham Roy, MD Otitis media update – Ramzi Younis, MD Vestibular disorders – Fred F. Telischi, MD Acute hearing loss – Thomas Balkany, MD Prophylactic antibiotics and postoperative infection rates in mastoid and middle ear – Natasha Pollak, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. DISORDERS OF THE NOSE AND SINUSES Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 39, Issue 01 January 7, 2006 Chronic inflammatory rhinosinusitis: the role of fungus – Bradley F. Marple, MD The role of surgery in CRS: how much is enough? – Roy Casiano, MD Septoplasty – Dr. Marple Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's 32nd Annual Chandler Clinical Concepts of Otolaryngology