The book is a comprehensive guide to managing acute conditions in ENT. It offers a unique symptom-based approach tailored to the Indian context. The second edition includes new chapters, techniques, and enhanced illustrations. The book also contains embedded videos illustrating diagnostic techniques and surgical methods. It is a valuable resource for anyone looking to stay updated on the latest management techniques in ENT emergencies.
The chapters cover critical topics such as acute epistaxis, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, acute vertigo, and complications of otitis media. Readers will also find in-depth discussions on acute facial and neck swellings, acute dysphagia, acute stridor, acute maxillofacial trauma, acute anaphylaxis and various acute postoperative complications. The authors provide systematic clinical evaluations and supportive investigations followed by commonly available treatment modes. All the contributors are actively involved in the management of cases described. This book is a must-read for its practical insights into real-world cases in secondary or tertiary care institutions.
The book is ideal for undergraduates, postgraduates, fellowship trainees, and ENT surgeons in smaller hospitals or mission hospitals in remote areas of India.
1. Basic instrumentation for ENT examination in the emergency room. -
2.
Acute epistaxis. -
3. Acute earache. -
4. Sudden sensorineural: hearing loss.
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5. Acute vertigo. -
6. Acute facial palsy.-
7. Complications of otitis
media.-
8. Acute facial swelling.-
9. Acute neck swelling. -
10. Acute
dysphagia. -
11. Acute expectoration of blood-stained sputum. -
12. Acute
stridor. -
13. Intubation, tracheostomy, and cricothyrotomy. -
14. Acute
maxillofacial trauma. -
15. Acute neck trauma. -
16. Acute anaphylaxis: ENT
manifestations. -
17. Acute head trauma: ENT manifestations. -
18. Acute
postoperative complications.
Professor Rupa Vedantam is a Senior Professor at Christian Medical College, Vellore. She is an alumna of the institution and completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at CMC, Vellore. Her areas of interest include otology and audiology, rhinology, and general ENT. Her research is focused on otitis media, fungal sinusitis, CSF rhinorrhoea, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. Professor Vedantam has numerous publications in peer-reviewed international and national journals and has authored one book while contributing to six others. She also serves as a reviewer for several national and international journals. .
