Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Otolaryngology: 2009 COMMON CAUSES OF AIRWAY DISTRESS Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 24 December 21, 2009 Bronchiectasis: no longer an orphan disease – Patrick Flume, MD Bronchiolitis and croup – Andrea Marmor, MD, MSEd Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ISSUES IN OTOLOGY Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 23 December 7, 2009 Acoustic neuromas: innovations in treatment – John P. Leonetti, MD Cochlear implantation in babies – Adele K. Evans, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PERSPECTIVES IN OTOLOGY Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 22 November 21, 2009 Challenges in middle ear reconstruction – D. Bradley Welling, MD, PhD Meniere's disease update – Dr. Welling Vestibular schwannomas: pathogenesis and treatment – Dr. Welling Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Medical University Of South Carolina's 9th Annual Charleston Magnolia Conference GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE: A PEDIATRIC PERSPECTIVE Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 21 November 7, 2009 Gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants – Colin D. Rudolph, MD, PhD Gastroesophageal reflux disease in children – Colin D. Rudolph, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 42nd Annual Advances And Controversies In Clinical Pediatrics, Presented By The Department Of Pediatrics, University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine HEADACHE: TRENDS IN TREATMENT Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 20 October 21, 2009 Headache: the view from the ER – J. Stephen Huff, MD Cluster headache – Frederick G. Freitag, DO Electrical stimulation for acute treatment of medically refractory cluster headache – Stewart J. Tepper, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. THREATS TO LUNG FUNCTION: WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THEM? Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 19 October 7, 2009 Smoking cessation: a medical approach – Stephen I. Rennard, MD COPD: inpatient, outpatient, your patient – William E. Chavey, MD, MS Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. INFECTIOUS DISEASES: UPDATE ON PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 18 September 21, 2009 Adult immunization 2009 – Andrew T. Kroger, MD Community acquired methicillin–resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) – Sandro K. Cinti, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. OPTIONS FOR SLEEP APNEA AND SNORING Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 17 September 7, 2009 Hypopharyngeal surgery and maxillomandibular advancement – Kasey K. Li, DDS, MD, FACS What are the best treatment options for snoring? – Eric J. Kezirian, MD, MPH How to achieve weight loss in patients with sleep apnea – Gary D. Foster, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 15th Annual Symposium On Advances In The Treatment Of Sleep Apnea And Snoring, Sponsored By The Schools Of Medicine Of The University Of Pennsylvania And The University Of California, San Francisco DISEASES OF THE AIRWAY: A CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 16 August 21, 2009 What's new in tuberculosis – Robert M. Jasmer, MD Chronic cough – Catherine J. Rees, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. THYROID CANCER: TREATING THE TOUGH ONES Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 15 August 7, 2009 The difficult thyroid – Ashok R. Shaha, MD Papillary microcarcinoma – Douglas S. Ross, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. OBSERVATIONS ON PEDIATRIC PRACTICE Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 14 July 21, 2009 Top 10 things you need to know about pediatric hearing disorders – Kenneth M. Grundfast, MD Controversial cases: a panel discussion – Lauren D. Holinger, MD, (moderator); Andrew J. Hotaling, MD, Robert P. Miller, MD, James W. Schroeder, Jr, MD, Dana L. Suskind, MD; Cecille G. Sulman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. AIRWAY DISEASE : CURRENT CONCEPTS/CLINICAL ADVANCES Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 13 July 7, 2009 What's new in the treatment of rhinosinusitis – Bradley F. Marple, MD Sublingual immunotherapy – Dr. Marple Allergies and the unified airway – William R. Reisacher, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. NEUROLOGY AND THE OTOLARYNGOLOGIST:CLARIFYING THE CLINICAL CONFUSION Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 12 June 21, 2009 "Spells": vertigo, syncope, seizure, and migraine variant – Kevin E. VanLandingham, MD, PhD Overview of essential neurology – Dr. VanLandingham Bell's palsy – Clough Shelton, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. IMPROVING CONTROL OF HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 11 June 7, 2009 Profile of nosocomial infections; Evidence–based preventive measures; Hand hygiene; Barrier precautions; Chlorhexidine sponge bath; Innovative technologies and prevention; Bacteremia; Pneumonia; Sharps injuries – Dennis G. Maki, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The University Of Wisconsin School Of Medicine And Public Health's 2008 Update On Infectious Diseases SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS: A MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 10 May 21, 2009 Age–related hearing loss and the genetics revolution – Lawrence R. Lustig, MD Ototoxicity – Ashkan Monfared, MD Treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss: an evidence–based analysis – Lorne S. Parnes, MD Imaging of sensorineural hearing loss and vertigo – Nancy J. Fischbein, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Stanford University School Of Medicine Otology And Neurotology Update STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING YOUR SURGICAL PRACTICE Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 09 May 7, 2009 Aviation safety: a practical paradigm for improving surgery – John J. Nance, JD Tools for becoming a successful surgeon – Peter A. Adamson, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. MANAGING DISEASES OF THE LARYNX AND ESOPHAGUS Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 08 April 21, 2009 Office–based laryngology – Gerald S. Berke, MD Barrett's esophagus: novel management approaches – Sri Komanduri, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. THYROID CANCER: FOCUSING CARE Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 07 April 7, 2009 ATA guidelines for surgical management of differentiated cancer– Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD Fine needle aspiration and cancer risk assessment– Erik K. Alexander, MD Hürthle cell tumors: using molecular methods to define a new disease classification– Jeremy L. Freeman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Surgery Of The Thyroid And Parathyroid Glands, Presented By The Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, And Harvard University Medical School STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING OTOLOGIC DISEASE Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 06 March 21, 2009 Cholesteatomas: surgery and recidivism – Robert Jackler, MD Cholesteatoma with chronic otitis media – Lorne S. Parnes, MD Diseases of the external auditory canal – Samuel Selesnick, MD Stapes surgery: handling challenging cases – Dr. Jackler Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Stanford University School Of Medicine’s Otology And Neurotology Update 2008 PEARLS AND POINTERS ON MANAGING PARATHYROID DISEASE Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 05 March 7, 2009 Management guidelines – James Cohen, MD, PhD Conventional parathyroidectomy – Dr. Cohen PTH elevation after parathyroid surgery – Keith S. Heller, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ETHICAL ISSUES IN MEDICINE Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 04 February 21, 2009 Definitions and attitudes; Medical ethics of the ages; Generic ethical problems – Peter Rosen, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. OBSERVATIONS IN ASSISTED HEARING Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 03 February 7, 2009 Controversies in Pediatric Cochlear Implantation – Erik H. Waldman, MD Music Perception in Cochlear Implantees – Jaclyn B. Spitzer, PhD Vestibular and End Organ Balance Deficits After Meningitis and Cochlear Implantation – Sharon L. Cushing, MD Foreign Body Granuloma of the Inner Ear After Cochlear Implantation – Joseph B. Nadol Jr, MD Bone–anchored Hearing Aid Implantation: “How I do it” for the General Ear–Nose–Throat (ENT) Physician – Jay K. Roberts, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TROUBLED SLEEP: PART 2 Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 02 January 21, 2009 Indications for ambulatory sleep studies – Samuel T. Kuna, MD Obstructive sleep apnea: current thinking – Michael D. Poole, MD, PhD Perioperative care in obstructive sleep apnea – Andrew N. Goldberg, MD, MSCE Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the 14th Annual Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Apnea and Snoring, presented in San Francisco, CA, February 15-17, 2008 TROUBLED SLEEP: PART 1 Audio-Digest Otolaryngology Volume 42, Issue 01 January 7, 2009 Overview of sleep disorders and sleep deprivation – Richard J. Schwab, MD Insomnia: outcomes and multidisciplinary treatment – David N. Neubauer, MD Sleep and cancer – Richard D. Simon Jr, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program.