I see many children in the emergency department with a foreign body lodged in one nare. Examining these patients can be difficult, and attempting to remove the object can cause trauma and bleeding.

To remove a foreign body from the nose of a child, bend the loop on a plastic ear curette to about a 25° angle. Next, place the patient in a supine position and have one assistant lie across the child ...

Your 3-year-old is “helping” his big sister (7 years old) clean her room. He finds a necklace of glass beads, and of course wonders whether they will fit into his nose. Because he is a little ...

Dr. Charles Elmaraghy collects his surgical success stories. He and his colleagues in the ear, nose and throat division of Nationwide Children's Hospital keep a jar filled with all the tiny, colorful ...

Dr. Charles Elmaraghy collects his surgical success stories.He and his colleagues in the ear, nose and throat division of Nationwide Children's Hospital keep a jar filled with all the tiny, colorful ...

We reviewed data from our automatic environmental monitoring systems (Watchdog; Edstrom, Waterford, WI) and found that no significant deviation from the set point of 60% relative humidity had occurred ...