Clinical Indicators: Acoustic Neuroma Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery
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CPG: Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia After Common Otolaryngology Operations – Research Needs
Research Needs section from CPG Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia After Common Otolaryngology Operations.Development of this guideline was based on the current …
Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia After Common Otolaryngology Operations: New Clinical Practice Guideline
ALEXANDRIA, VA — The American Academy of Otolaryngology‒Head and Neck Surgery Foundation published the Clinical Practice Guideline: Opioid Prescribing for Anal…
Clinical Practice Guideline: Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia After Common Otolaryngology Operations
This guideline was published in the April 2021 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.Clinical Practice Guideline: Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia Afte…
Position Statement: Pediatric Cochlear Implantation Candidacy
There is ample evidence that early cochlear implantation of children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) for whom hearing aids provide inadequate access to …
Essential Pediatric Hearing Evaluation and the COVID-19 Pandemic
In efforts to help limit the spread of SARS-CoV2 and minimize the risk of COVID-19 to patients, providers, and staff, many institutional guidelines now mandate…
International Surgical Sleep Society COVID-19 Adult and Pediatric Practice Guidelines
As of March 2020, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused unprecedented, worldwide disruption in patient care, including the management of obstructive s…
Position Statement: Communicable Diseases
If indicated for their condition, patients with communicable diseases (such a hepatitis or human-immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection) shall not be denied tr…
Position Statement: Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) (or more appropriately termed Evidence-Based Practice) is an approach to the practice of healthcare comprised of the synthesis of…
Position Statement: Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis and Gardasil Vaccination
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is characterized by recurrent papillomatous lesions that grow primarily on the vocal folds but may involve other par…
Position Statement: Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) occurs when gastric contents (acid and enzymes such as pepsin) flow in a retrograde fashion and contact the tissues of the upper…
Position Statment: Tonsil and Adenoid Surgery
Otolaryngologists use a variety of safe and efficacious techniques and instruments to perform tonsil and adenoid surgery. Based on available data, the AAO-HNS …
Position Statement: Evaluation Prior to Hearing Aid Fitting
Hearing loss is a medical condition requiring evaluation, diagnosis, and discussion of treatment options by a qualified physician, such as an Otolaryngologist …
Position Statement: Cochlear Implants
The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery considers unilateral and bilateral cochlear implantation as appropriate treatment for adults and c…
Expired: AAO-HNSF Cochrane Scholars Application
The AAO-HNS/F leadership and the publisher of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, have identified a need to train otolaryngologists in the conduct and public…
CDC Releases Guidance for People Who Have Been Fully
This set of public health recommendations for fully vaccinated people will be updated and expanded based on the level of community spread of SARS-CoV-2, the pr…
Position Statement: Ranitidine
Recently in September 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the discovery of a nitrosamine impurity called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) …
UPDATE: AAO-HNS Statement on Bell’s Palsy Related to Approved COVID-19 Vaccines
UPDATE to AAO-HNS Statement on Bell’s Palsy Related to Approved COVID-19 Vaccines Issued December 19, 2020In the AAO-HNS Statement on Bell’s Palsy Related to A…
UPDATE to AAO-HNS Statement on Bell’s Palsy Related to Approved COVID-19 Vaccines
The AAO-HNS is providing an update to the December 19, 2020, Statement on Bell’s Palsy Related to Approved COVID-19 Vaccines. This update analyzes the most cur…
