Edward McCoul

Clinician, educator, researcher, editor and author. Otolaryngologist and sinus surgeon. Idea-hatcher and truth-seeker. Humanist. Aesthete. Optimist.

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

To anyone who has ever performed nasal endoscopy, this one is for you!

Are you making the most of your nasal exams? Is there room for improvement? Read on to discover more!

#endoscopy #sinusitis #polyp #mucus #ent #whathavewebeenmissing

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[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

Privileged to give Medicine Grand Rounds at the @Ochsner Clinical School today on the topic of “Decisions and Cognitive Bias.” Thanks to my medicine colleagues for letting a surgeon hijack their lunch hour! #cognitivebias #decisions #grandrounds

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

Which nasal spray will hurt and which will help? There are a few rules you should know. Thanks to the @nytimes for asking! #nasalspray #hookedonafrin
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[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

Does a job interview have to be all serious? The answer may surprise you. #residency #interview #myfavoritesinus
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[Jay Piccirillo, MD @PiccirilloJay]

This randomized clinical trial of over 100 patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery found that most patients could be treated with acetaminophen alone or acetaminophen and ibuprofen. Overall opioid use was low regardless of treatment group. @JAMAOto

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[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

@ShanaInMedicine Congrats Shana! Great things are certainly to come.

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

@UnisGraham @Wikipedia @OchsnerIMRes @OchsnerHealth Dr Kadowitz would be proud

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

@UnisGraham @ifar_journal It’s always a pleasure to work with a talented team @UnisGraham

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

Perhaps you’re unfamiliar with the concept of getting a steroid shot for a sinus infection. Ask around. In particular, ask your friends and colleagues in the South and Midwest. Get ready for nods of recognition. ⁦⁦⁦@nytimes⁩. #steroid https://t.co/YJcaaXedYY

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

Still giving antibiotics after routine sinus surgery? This study may encourage you to think different. @ifar_journal #rhinology #sinus #antibiotics https://t.co/RpTAbegRKW

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

Honored to write the invited commentary to accompany an important new study about antibiotics and sinus surgery @ifar_journal #rhinology #sinus #antibiotics https://t.co/e0i9lRSoE6

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

Getting a dose of history #CovidVaccine

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

Consider me ready to receive

[Ochsner Health @OchsnerHealth]

Ochsner will receive 9,375 doses of the vaccine in the first shipment, expected as early as this weekend. Those vaccines will arrive at three hubs: 5,125 at the Jefferson Highway campus in New Orleans, 1,325 in Shreveport and 2,975 in Lafayette. https://t.co/eFc4loP1g0

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

A state-of-the-art sinus center is just one of the exciting offerings at the new Ochsner “super clinic.” Stay tuned! #rhinology #sinus #OchsnerENT

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

Important message to all clinicians and researchers for contextualizing mentors with a mixed legacy. “We can both acknowledge his research advances and critique his ethical failings.”

[Ade Adamson, MD MPP @AdeAdamson]

New Publication. I was told writing this article could damage my career. https://t.co/VgeTunHinz

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

Double standard

[Julian Popov @julianpopov]

You eat sausages your whole life but you refuse vaccine because you don’t know what’s in it.

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

@UnisGraham Much of the ENT literature is written from the perspective that LPR is distinct and doesn’t necessarily co-exist with GERD. Perhaps more plausible that LPR = extra-esophageal GERD w/o esophagitis.

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

Unclear whether people with LPR (silent reflux) get a week to themselves too. #GERD #reflux

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

I recently read “The Giving Tree” to my oldest son. It had been years. Was it sadder than I’d remembered? Absolutely. And vastly more poignant.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

A strange thing happens when we encounter a book we used to love and suddenly find it charmless; the feeling is one of puzzled dissociation. https://t.co/tkHsHgLg4u

[Edward McCoul @EdwardMcCoulMD]

Steroid shots for the treatment of acute URI are highly prevalent despite lack of evidence for efficacy and safety. On top of that, IMCS may increase the likelihood of a subsequent healthcare visit for the same indication. #steroidshot https://t.co/YYVHK22xxY