For patients
Keeping well informed is vital. At the Sydney Sinus & Allergy Centre we appreciate that patients can get overloaded with information during a consultation. We endeavour to provide easy to follow informative guides to assist you in getting better. Some of these guides are available for download below, many others will be provided to at the time of your consultation.
PRE-APPOINTMENT FORMS
- New Patient Forms
- Nose/ Sinus questionnaire
- Voice questionnaire
- Tinnitus questionnaire
- Quality of Life Questionnaire
INFORMATION ON SURGERY
- Preparing for surgery - includes list of drugs which can increase bleeding during surgery
- Post op - Adenoidectomy and Grommets (middle ear ventialtion tubes)
- Post op - Tonsillectomy +/- Adenoidectomy (children)
- Post op - Tonsillectomy (Adults)
- Post op - Nose and Sinus surgery
- UPPP information sheet
INFORMATION SHEETS
British Medical Journal Patient Leaflets
- Outer Ear Infection
- Middle Ear infection
- Glue Ear
- Flying and ear pain
- Mouth Ulcers
- Cold Sores
- Burning Mouth Syndrome
- Bad Breathe
- Hayfever
(Treatments may differ from the information in these leaflets, please feel free to discuss this with your doctor.)
For health care professionals
The internet offers an overwhelming collection of resources for the patient and medical practitioner alike. These resources vary from the ridiculous and the medically negligent right through to exceptional sites with comprehensive and freely available information. From a medical student right through to clinical consultant and educator I have scoured the internet trying to find sites of value.
Below are the links to the sites I find are great resources for health professionals interested in ear, nose, throat, voice, swallowing and Allergy. Please feel free to provide feedback to sites@sinuscentre.com
Useful links
- Dr. Quinn s Online Textbook of Otolaryngology: Grand Rounds – One of the outstanding FREE resources for ENT
- Hawke Library – collection of pictures
- Atlas of Head and Neck Pathology
Oytolaryngology Houston - Pictures - ENT cases and images - eMedicine Otolaryngology articles
- Australian Hearing
- Audiology Tutorials
Australian medical resources
Journals and References
- Clinical Information Access Portal (CIAP) - Outstanding resource unfortunately it is NOT free and requires a password
- Pubmed
- Medbioworld
- Medical Dictionary
Medical Equipment
- Medical Search
- Vitalmed
- Dotmed – medical auction site
- Surgical 123
- Economedical
- Docstock
Quality of Life
Statistics
The following sites require passwords to access fulltext but are useful sites if you are affiliated