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Luke Reid

Luke Reid

ENT surgeon (FRACS) and owner of Mackay Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists in North Mackay, Queensland; the only full-time ENT surgeon in the Mackay region.

Sep 29, 2026

12:36
I'm
12:37
looking at children, the distillation of all the training and papers and conferences that I've read is it comes down to like a simple set of questions that you can kind of work out when kids would benefit from having their tonsils out when it comes to sleep disorder breathing.
12:56
So number one, they walk in the door and you got your classic kid who's the big time mouth breather.
13:03
You know, they look tired.
13:05
They mouth breathe and are congested the whole consultation.
13:11
So they're just, you know, they might have rushed in the door and it might have been, you know, hurried in by mum and dad.
13:16
But, you know, the kid is just sitting there quietly and they're...

7 MINS LATER

20:12
Mm-hmm.

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