Why I am seeing less otitis media

Vince- Yes you can but they aren't cheap! Also, the disposable ear
speculums or whatever those things are called are not interchangable with
the old models.
Kim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Iannelli"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: Why I am seeing less otitis media

> Can you just buy the new Welch Allyn MacroView Otoscope heads and still
> use
> your old Welch Allyn handle/base chargers?
>
> Vince
>
>
> On 10/17/06 9:29 PM, "Dogwood Ridge" wrote:
>
>> Bill- I absolutely and totally agree. I have 5 exam rooms with
>> otoscopes-
>> the three I use most often have Macro Views the other two (one is the
>> triage
>> area and the other the procedure room) serve as overflow and have the old
>> Welch-Allyn heads. I noticed that I was more likely to dx an otitis in
>> the
>> overflow rooms. At first I thought it was because when I use those rooms
>> to
>> examine patients I was usually really busy and tired but as I thought
>> about
>> it and made a conscientious effort not to do that I found that it wasn't
>> me-
>> it was the otoscopes!
>> Have you gotten one of the Macro View ophthalmascopes? I haven't but our
>> ER
>> has them- too cool!
>> Kim Burlingham, MD rural peds, Texas
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "W. Adams"
>> To:
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 8:18 PM
>> Subject: Why I am seeing less otitis media
>>
>>
>>> My father retired and gave me his old otoscope powered by an
>>> incandescent
>>> bulb. You can't see much at all.
>>>
>>> Twenty five years ago, Welch-Allyn came out with the halogen otoscope.
>>> There was a rapid increase in the diagnosis of otitis media. While there
>>> are a lot of reasons for the increase, don't discount the the improved
>>> technology.
>>>
>>> Now I have the MacroView otoscope, and I have suddenly started seeing
>>> less
>>> otitis media. I think it's because I can see even better. The "possible
>>> otitis" is now clearly "not otitis".
>>>
>>> (not an advertisement.)
>>>
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>>> group.

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The new handles are remarkably lighter, but for the time being, the new head works just fine on my "old" handles. One day I guess I'll spring for the new handles, but there's definitely no NEED to replace the old handles and chargers.

David Rosenberg, MD, FAAP
VIPediatrics, PC
945 Broadway
Woodmere, NY 11598
(516)569-2323

-----Original Message-----
From: hidden@email-address
To: hidden@email-address
Sent: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: Why I am seeing less otitis media

Can you just buy the new Welch Allyn MacroView Otoscope heads and still use
your old Welch Allyn handle/base chargers?

Vince

On 10/17/06 9:29 PM, "Dogwood Ridge" wrote:

> Bill- I absolutely and totally agree. I have 5 exam rooms with otoscopes-
> the three I use most often have Macro Views the other two (one is the triage
> area and the other the procedure room) serve as overflow and have the old
> Welch-Allyn heads. I noticed that I was more likely to dx an otitis in the
> overflow rooms. At first I thought it was because when I use those rooms to
> examine patients I was usually really busy and tired but as I thought about
> it and made a conscientious effort not to do that I found that it wasn't me-
> it was the otoscopes!
> Have you gotten one of the Macro View ophthalmascopes? I haven't but our ER
> has them- too cool!
> Kim Burlingham, MD rural peds, Texas
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W. Adams"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 8:18 PM
> Subject: Why I am seeing less otitis media
>
>
>> My father retired and gave me his old otoscope powered by an incandescent
>> bulb. You can't see much at all.
>>
>> Twenty five years ago, Welch-Allyn came out with the halogen otoscope.
>> There was a rapid increase in the diagnosis of otitis media. While there
>> are a lot of reasons for the increase, don't discount the the improved
>> technology.
>>
>> Now I have the MacroView otoscope, and I have suddenly started seeing less
>> otitis media. I think it's because I can see even better. The "possible
>> otitis" is now clearly "not otitis".
>>
>> (not an advertisement.)
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------

>>
>>
>>
>

>

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