Highly Commended in the ENT category at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2008

Lecture Notes: Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat, now in its tenth edition, is an ideal learning aid covering the core principles of this important specialty. With concise chapters, this text is renowned for its brevity, clarity and lavish illustrations. This edition has been thoroughly revised and rewritten to reflect the latest developments in the specialty and contemporary curriculum, and features:


* New material on otitis media, tonsils, voice disorders, head and neck cancer and obstructive sleep apnoea
* Coverage of relevant basic science at a level to assist the student to fully understand the clinical topic
* Clinical Practice Points which provide nuggets of wisdom about patient management
* Over 200 self-assessment questions to aid revision and understanding
* Emphasis on sensible primary-care management of common presentations

Lecture Notes: Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat is a thorough, digestible companion to ENT for all medical students and junior doctors, as well as General Practitioners and ENT nurse practitioners.

Preface to the tenth edition

1. The ear: some applied basic science
2. Clinical examination of the ear
3. Testing the hearing
4. Deafness
5. Conditions of the pinna
6. Conditions of the external auditory meatus
7. Injury of the tympanic membrane
8. Otitis media
9. Acute otitis media
10. Chronic otitis media
11. Complications of middle-ear infection
12. Otitis media with effusion
13. Otosclerosis
14. Earache (otalgia)
15. Tinnitus
16. Balance disorders
17. Facial nerve paralysis
18. Clinical examination of the nose and nasopharynx
19. Foreign body in the nose
20. Injuries of the nose
21. Epistaxis
22. The nasal septum
23. Miscellaneous nasal infections
24. Acute and chronic sinusitis (rhinosinusitis)
25. Tumours of the nose, sinuses and nasopharynx
26. Rhinitis and nasal polyps
27. Choanal atresia
28. Adenoids
29.The oropharynx and tonsils
30. Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea
31. The larynx: applied basic science and examination
32. Laryngotracheal trauma
33. Inflammatory disorders of the larynx
34. Head and neck cancer
35. Voice disorders
36. Airway obstruction in infants and children
37. The pharynx
38. Tracheostomy
39. Diseases of the salivary glands
40. Neck lumps

Multiple choice questions

Answers to multiple choice questions

Index

"A substantial update since 2002 … superb colour illustrations, especially clinical ones. This book might well attract students to ENT surgery." (BMA Medical Book Competition - Programme and Award Winners, September 2008)

"If you need a decent ENT book and don't want to spend a small fortune then I would highly recommend this text. Not only is it affordable but it has all you need to know to get through medical finals and beyond. Another fabulous text in the lecture notes series." Medical Student, University of East Anglia