Case report 12/12/2017 An elusive foreign body Preview Article An elusive foreign body Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Child H, a three-year-old boy, was brought into the Emergency Department (ED) of a private hospital by his mother, having inhaled or swallowed a little building brick. They brought a similar piece with them. Child H was seen by a doctor, Dr W, who documented that he appeared well, with no signs of respiratory distress and a normal auscultation. Dr W arranged for him to have a chest x-ray, which both Dr W and a radiologist considered normal. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Respiratory Medicine Paediatrics ENT Casebook Scotland Casebook
Articles and features 15/03/2017 Dealing with complaints Preview Article Dealing with complaints Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Kirsty Plowman considers how complaints can affect you and offers tips for tackling any you may receive Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... ENT New Doctor
Articles and features 24/12/2016 The healing power of saying “sorry” in healthcare Preview Article The healing power of saying “sorry” in healthcare Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview If I accidentally bump into someone and hurt them walking along the street, my immediate reaction is to say sorry, regardless of whether it was or wasn’t my fault. What happens when we place a similar analogy into a doctor/patient context? Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Record keeping ENT Managing clinical risk
Factsheet 01/10/2013 HSC complaints procedure – Hospital setting Preview Article HSC complaints procedure – Hospital setting Time to read article: 5 mins () ★ Close Preview Complaints in health and social care: standards and guidelines for resolution and learning (2009) aims to provide a simple, consistent approach for staff who handle complaints, and for patients who raise complaints across all health and social care services. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Gastroenterology Paediatrics Ophthalmology Neurology & Neurosurgery Orthopaedics Cardiology & Vascular Medicine
Case report 10/09/2013 Sinus surgery: damaged vision Preview Article Sinus surgery: damaged vision Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Mr P, a 40-year-old office worker, had a long history of sino-nasal problems, and had even had a previous septoplasty operation. Soon after returning from a holiday, he consulted his GP, Dr A, with worsening blockage in the left side of his nose. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Casebook ENT GP locum Ophthalmology Managing clinical risk Consent
Case report 01/01/2011 Inappropriate delegation Preview Article Inappropriate delegation Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview Mrs R, a 42-year old amateur opera singer, was admitted for an elective partial thyroidectomy under ENT consultant, Mr F. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Managing clinical risk Consent Claims ENT
Case report 01/09/2009 A long-lasting earache Preview Article A long-lasting earache Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Mr Y was a 25-year-old engineer with Type 1 diabetes. He attended his GP, Dr T, regularly for check-ups and on one occasion complained of pain in his left ear. He could not be sure how long it had been there, but thought the pain had come on about three months earlier, following a visit to the swimming pool with his children. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Diagnosis General practice ENT Managing clinical risk
Case report 01/01/2009 Sore throat and husky voice Preview Article Sore throat and husky voice Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Mr C, a 59-year-old self employed painter and decorator, visited his GP surgery complaining of a sore throat and change in his voice, which was a little hoarse. He was otherwise generally well Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Managing clinical risk GP locum Record keeping ENT General practice
Case report 01/01/2009 Turning a deaf ear Preview Article Turning a deaf ear Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview E was a 12-year-old girl who had been complaining of earache for a week after coming back from an activity holiday in Spain. Despite taking paracetamol suspension, the pain persisted and her mother, Mrs K, brought her along to be reviewed by her regular GP, Dr T. E was well known to Dr T as he had seen her on a number of occasions with mild asthma. Dr T documented the history of pain in her right ear. She was noted to be apyrexial and systemically well, with a normal appetite. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... ENT GP locum General practice Record keeping Managing clinical risk Diagnosis
Case report 01/09/2008 Problems with eardrops Preview Article Problems with eardrops Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Following a minor respiratory tract infection, Mr Y, a 54-year old postman, developed leftsided hearing loss. Mr Y was referred to a consultant ENT surgeon, Mr A, who confirmed a left-sided middle ear effusion. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... ENT Managing clinical risk Prescribing
Case report 01/01/2008 An unexpected mass Preview Article An unexpected mass Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Mrs H was a 45-year-old supervising school librarian. She went to see her GP, Dr P, and admitted she had been having hearing difficulties for more than eight months and had been suffering with quite bad right-sided earache too. Although he could find no abnormality on examination, Dr P referred Mrs H to ENT surgeon, Dr J. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... ENT Record keeping Managing clinical risk Consent
Case report 01/05/2004 Blindness right eye after operation Preview Article Blindness right eye after operation Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview Mr B, an experienced and highly respected otolaryngologist, arranged to perform a right middle meatal antrostomy and bilateral sinus washouts on a young woman (Miss Z) with severe sinusitis. The operation was scheduled to take place in a theatre he did not ordinarily use so he did not have the support of nurses familiar with ENT surgery. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Managing clinical risk Claims Consent ENT
Case report 01/02/2004 Undiagnosed cerebral abscess Preview Article Undiagnosed cerebral abscess Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Ms C was a young woman with learning difficulties admitted to hospital in the late 1980s with a history of frontal headaches, dizziness and staggering gait. The clerking doctor noted that she had been discharged from the ENT ward 19 days earlier after treatment for chronic otitis media. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... ENT Managing clinical risk Diagnosis
Case report 01/11/2003 Content to consent? Preview Article Content to consent? Time to read article: 1 mins () ★ Close Preview Mr M suffered from excessive snoring. He’d had sleep studies which excluded sleep apnoea and been referred to Mr O, a consultant ENT surgeon with many years’ experience of treating sleep-related disorders. Mr O found Mr M to have a bulky palate, prominent tonsils and a long uvula. He advised uvulopharyngopalatoplasty. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... ENT Managing clinical risk