Why Do My Sinuses Still Get Infected After Sinus Surgery Martin Desrosiers, MD, FRCSC. Clinical Professor. Program director, ORL-HNS Université de Montréal Patients who have undergone endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) for management of chronic sinusitis (CRS) with or without nasal polyposis may nevertheless continue to have symptoms of chronic sinusitis and/or episodes of infection despite initially apparently successful sinus
Cough, your Baby and You—What’s a Parent to Do? Gustavo Ferrer, MD. About the author: Dr. Ferrer is one of the top pulmonologists in the country, an expert who is often able to cure coughs in patients who have seen a dozen other pulmonologists. He is the founder of Cleveland Clinic’s Cough Clinic in Florida and the author of the
The spectre of super-bacteria resistant to antibiotic therapy is once again in the news. Media coverage, (notably in The Economist, a widely read newsweekly) has highlighted that bacteria are increasingly gaining the capacity to be resistant to commonly used antibiotics, and that this will have a serious impact upon human health. What impact does this have on sinusitis sufferers? Possibly
Green mucus anxiety and managing childhood respiratory events. Part 1: Expectations Professor Richard Harvey MD PhD. Rhinologist, surgeon and educator. About the author: Professor Harvey leads innovative research into the causes of chronic sinus disease and novel therapies to manage the condition. As program head, Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery, at UNSW and Macquarie University, he is asked to speak
Benefits of Having Parents use Nasal Aspirator on Infants in a Pediatric Practice Ronda Miller-Ernest, DNP, APRN-BC About the author: Ronda is a Board Certified Pediatric Nurse practitioner who has been practicing in a private pediatric office for 27 years. Some of the most common concerns I hear from parents in their infants first six months of life are; “My