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Fellows Corner: When AOM Progresses to Acute Mastoiditis
Acute mastoiditis is the most common complication of acute otitis media. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are imperative to prevent potential progression to sigmoid sinus thrombosis, meningitis, encephalitis, or intracranial abscess.
Advanced Sleep Surgery: Are There Options After T&A?
When tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy doesn’t resolve obstructive sleep apnea, and CPAP is no longer tolerated, what’s an ENT to do? See if hypoglossal nerve stimulator implantation could be an alternative sleep apnea treatment for your patients.
iSGS: Rare Tracheal Narrowing Is Even Rarer in Children
With symptoms such as hoarseness and exertional stridor, dyspnea and pain with swallowing that overlap a variety of throat and airway conditions, idiopathic subglottic/tracheal stenosis is a difficult diagnosis to make, especially in children.
Otitis Media: Surgical Expectations
A 5- to 10-minute surgery can end repeated acute otitis media, sparing children multiple courses of antibiotics and reducing the risk of hearing loss. Here’s how you can set expectations for parents.
Wawa Launches Coffee and Care Cart at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Middleman Family Pavilion
Multi-million dollar gift from The Wawa Foundation brings Coffee and Care Cart to CHOP’s second inpatient hospital, offering comfort to patients and families, while helping to expand Wawa Volunteer Services program.
Alumni Notes Summer 2023
It’s hard to believe another academic year has ended. We have graduated another outstanding class of pediatricians and welcomed another 60 (!) or so interns to the CHOP family.
CHOP Researchers Reveal How NSAIDs Worsen C. difficile Infections
CHOP researchers have shown that NSAIDs disrupt epithelial cells in the colon and sensitize them to C. difficile toxins by perturbing cell mitochondria.
CHOP and Penn Researchers Find Behavioral Economics Strategies Can Help Patients Quit Smoking After a Cancer Diagnosis
“Nudges” from electronic health records could improve the implementation of tobacco use treatment almost three-fold over standard care.
CHOP Investigator Recognized for Airway Research
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) researcher Riccardo Gottardi, PhD has been named a “Young Innovator of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering” by Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, the official journal of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
CHOP Researchers Develop Tool for Helping Predict Alzheimer’s Risk in Various Ethnic Populations
Tool may be more accurate than existing methods and was made possible through a cohort of tens of thousands of patients from different backgrounds around the world.