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ArticleSN comprehensive clinical medicine2022

Telephone Consultation in Otorhinolaryngology During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: a Cross-sectional Analysis of Effectiveness and Satisfaction for Patients and Clinicians.

Ramanathan Swaminathan, Zahir Mughal, David Phillips

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Article in SN comprehensive clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. A retrospective cohort study of telephone versus face-to-face clinics for the management of new otology referrals.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ramanathan SwaminathanDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Warwick Hospital, Lakin Road, Warwick, CV34 5BW UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7951-3380
Zahir MughalDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Warwick Hospital, Lakin Road, Warwick, CV34 5BW UK.
David PhillipsDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Warwick Hospital, Lakin Road, Warwick, CV34 5BW UK.
Warwick Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated measures to minimise face-to-face interaction. We assessed the efficacy of teleconsultation and patient satisfaction in adult otorhinolaryngology clinic. A prospective review of telephone consultations over 6 months in a single district general hospital was conducted. Data was collected on the characteristics and outcomes of teleconsultations by clinicians, and a questionnaire was sent to patients. Of 304 telephone consultations, 115 were new and 189 were follow-up. Five percent of patients were listed for surgery. The discharge rate was 31%, largely comprising of patients with otorhinolaryngological symptoms. High clinician and patient satisfaction were reported by 90% and 96%, respectively. Telephone consultation was a good one-stop treat and discharge service for a number of otorhinolaryngological complaints such as hearing loss, tinnitus and recurrent tonsillitis. Patient and clinician satisfaction was high. Careful triaging of referrals for telephone consultation can potentially reduce the number of face-to-face clinic appointments.

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COVID-19OutpatientsReferral and consultationTelemedicine

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PMID35036851
PMCPMC8752330
OpenAlexW4205867037

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