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The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018 Background: Otitis media is a group of complex inflammatory disorders affecting the middle ear, which can be acute or chronic. Otitis externa is an inflammation on the skin of the external auditory canal usually associated with secondary ...
Maha Mohammed +3 more
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Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2007 Malignant otitis externa (MOE) is a severe, invasive and necrotizing infectious disease that starts in the external auditory meatus (EAM) and may progress to the parotid region, mastoid, middle ear and skull base. It affects mainly the diabetic, the elderly and immunosuppressed patients. Main etiological agent: P. aeruginosa.
Larissa Matos Rebouças +2 more
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A Semi-automated Method for Domain-Specific Ontology Creation from Medical Guidelines [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 The automated capturing and summarization of medical consultations has the potential to reduce the administrative burden in healthcare. Consultations are structured conversations that broadly follow a guideline with a systematic examination of predefined observations and symptoms to diagnose and treat well-defined medical conditions. A key component in
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Analysing Wideband Absorbance Immittance in Normal and Ears with Otitis Media with Effusion Using Machine Learning [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Wideband Absorbance Immittance (WAI) has been available for more than a decade, however its clinical use still faces the challenges of limited understanding and poor interpretation of WAI results. This study aimed to develop Machine Learning (ML) tools to identify the WAI absorbance characteristics across different frequency-pressure regions in the ...
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A novel approach to a recalcitrant case of psoriatic otitis externa
Acta Oto-Laryngologica Case Reports, 2023 Otitis externa is a commonly encountered pathology by otorhinolaryngologists, with its incidence reported as 1%. Chronic otitis externa is a relapsing disease, that is often precipitated by a systemic dermatologic pathology, such as allergic contact ...
N. J. McInerney, M. Riglar, P. Casserly
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Comparative Experimentation of Accuracy Metrics in Automated Medical Reporting: The Case of Otitis Consultations [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used to automatically generate medical reports based on transcripts of medical consultations. The aim is to reduce the administrative burden that healthcare professionals face. The accuracy of the generated reports needs to be established to ensure their correctness and usefulness.
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Malignant otitis externa in a 21-year-old male patient with Prader–Willi syndrome
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019 Malignant otitis externa is an invasive infection of the external auditory canal and temporal bone with potentially life-threatening complications. Elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are the population most commonly affected by malignant ...
Marcos Frata Rihl +4 more
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The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019 Background: Otitis media is a group of complex inflammatory disorders affecting the middle ear, which can be acute or chronic. Otitis externa is an inflammation on the skin of the external auditory canal usually associated with secondary ...
Azhar Al-Attraqchi +3 more
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A Case of Transient, Isolated Cranial Nerve VI Palsy due to Skull Base Osteomyelitis
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2014 Otitis externa affects both children and adults. It is often treated with topical antibiotics, with good clinical outcomes. When a patient fails to respond to the treatment, otitis externa can progress to malignant otitis externa.
Brijesh Patel, Anas Souqiyyeh, Ammar Ali
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Risk factors of acute otitis externa seen in patients in a Nigerian tertiary institution
Sahel Medical Journal, 2016 Background: Acute otitis externa is a common clinical problem which is associated with preventable risk factors. Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the practices that are risk factors in patients with acute otitis externa in a Nigerian ...
Mohammed Abdullahi, D Aliyu
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