ENT and Sleep Surgeon Mr Sumit Samant discusses the diagnosis and management of common ENT problems seen in primary care. He focusess on the common issues of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea, potential long-term sequelae of these, when to refer and what management options are available.
Topics covered include:
- Hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, otitis externa/media
- Deviated septum and rhinitis, sinusitis, epistaxis
- Tonsillitis, quinsy and parapharyngeal abscess
- Head-neck cancer, salivary glands, globus, hoarseness, laryngomalacia
- OSA
Resources
- Dizziness Questionnaire
- Epworth Sleepiness Scale
- FOSQ-10
- NOSE scale
- Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22)
- STOP-Bang sleep apnea questionnaire
- Voice handicap index
Presenter
Mr Sumit Samant
Sumit is an upper airway surgeon specialising in surgery for snoring, obstructive sleep apnoea, nose and sinuses. Contact Sumit at ENT Associates.
He is a consultant at Auckland City Hospital, a member of the Royal Australasian College Otolaryngology Training Committee and a member of the International Surgical Sleep Society. Sumit got his Fellowship in Otolaryngology and Head-neck Surgery from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and has undergone additional advanced training as a Fellow in ENT and Head-Neck Surgery in the UK, New Zealand and the USA.
