10 Minute ENT Consult

摘要

Otolaryngologic complaints are frequently seen in the emergency department (ED). For those working in academic medical centers, in-house consultants often arrive promptly and manage the patient. However, in the real world, such in-house ED consultations are often neither indicated nor available. Unfortunately, residents training in such an environment both lose experience treating some of these ENT complaints, and at times, fail to truly learn to identify those complaints that require an emergent ED consult as opposed to those which may be followed urgently, or even routinely, in the ambulatory setting. For those who have trained in such a setting (and those who have not), 10 Minute ENT Consult by Hamid Djalilian is an excellent clinical reference. Djalilian was spot on for his target audience of emergency, medical, pediatric, and family medicine physicians. It is a concise yet balanced text that is not overly bogged down by historical perspectives and pathophysiology.