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Utility of laryngoscopy in liver failure
Peter Nagy1, Gabriella Ojeda-Badillo1, Christopher Brook1
1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Surgery Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 330 Brookline Avenue, Shapiro Ground Entrance 98 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02215-5400, USA; Harvard Medical School, 3Blackfan Cir, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Purpose:
To determine the utility of laryngoscopy in the evaluation of liver transplant patients.
Methods:
This study is a single center retrospective cohort review of patients with a diagnosis of liver failure who underwent laryngoscopy or stroboscopy exam as part of a pre-transplant evaluation from 1/1/2010 to 12/31/2022. Patients were identified using ICD 9 and 10 codes for liver failure and CPT codes for flexible laryngoscopy and stroboscopy. Only patients who underwent preoperative liver transplant evaluation were included. Demographic data was collected. Cohort analysis between patients who did or did not undergo further diagnostic intervention was undertaken.
Results:
1824 patients were identified. 243 of these patients underwent pre-transplant laryngoscopy or stroboscopy. 26 of the 243 (10.7 %) patients had further diagnostic work up for findings during laryngoscopy, stroboscopy, or head and neck examination. There was one patient who was found to have head and neck cancer and was excluded from the transplant list until this was treated.
Conclusions:
Otolaryngologic evaluation of liver transplant patients may be beneficial to identify head and neck pathology.
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