title: Out-patient examination of the upper airway: a survey of current practice in the UK.
abstract: Questionnaires have been sent to all ENT Consultants practising in the UK in an attempt to establish current practice with regard to out-patient examination of the upper aerodigestive tract. Seventy-eight per cent of these were returned completed. The results indicate that mirror examination remains the most widely used method, though the fibreoptic rhinolaryngoscope and/or the Hopkins rod telescope are now used by many specialists. Mirrors are most frequently warmed by a spirit lamp, despite the fact that 125 respondents reported having had a fire in their departments. Other methods of warming mirrors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Albizzati
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mills
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D007830:Larynx; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000295:instrumentation; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom