473 Post-Tonsillectomy Advice: What Are UK Patients Being Told?

Are Bodybuilders at Higher Risk of Suffering Post-Tonsillectomy Haemorrhage?

Elective tonsillectomy remains one of the most commonly performed operations in otolaryngology, with postoperative hemorrhage (PTH) being the most significant potential complication. Anecdotal evidence among ENT Surgeons suggested that bodybuilding athletes may be at increased risk of suffering from PTH, a notion corroborated by a recent case report, regarding primary PTH. The problem has been ...

Interactive Acquisition of Justifications: Learning “Why” by Being Told “What”*

In this paper I describe an approach to automated knowledge acquisition in which users specify desired system behavior by constructing justifications of examples. Justifications are explanations of why example behaviors are appropriate in given situations. I analyze the problem of acquiring justifications, showing how current knowledge acquisition techniques are best suited for asking what-ques...

Bipolar scissors tonsillectomy: what are the advantages?

BACKGROUND Various methods have been described for tonsillectomy. Convincing evidence in the literature is still lacking regarding the optimal method of performing this surgical procedure. AIM To investigate the outcome of bipolar scissors tonsillectomy and compare it to bipolar diathermy forceps tonsillectomy. METHODS A prospective study of 91 patients was done at Cairo University Hospital...

Prioritizing Multiple, Contradictory Sources in Common-sense Learning by Being Told; Or, Advice-taker Meets Bureaucracy

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Getting Told and Being Believed