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Eosinophilic otitis media a literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Eosinophilic otitis media is actually a recent introduction. These patients may manifest with sudden hearing loss. There may be associated bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis. Diagnostic criteria of this condition are rather vague.
Thiagarajan, Balasubramanian
core   +1 more source

Antibiotics for sore throat [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Sore throat is a common reason for people to present for medical care. Although it remits spontaneously, primary care doctors commonly prescribe antibiotics for it.
Del Mar, Chris B.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Increased Risk of Cholesteatoma in Individuals With Alpha‐1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: A Cohort Study

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
Patients with AATD had a 3.6‐fold increased risk of cholesteatoma surgery (HR: 3.62) compared to controls. These findings suggest that AATD may contribute to the development of cholesteatoma. ABSTRACT Objective To estimate the risk of cholesteatoma in patients with alpha‐1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) compared to the general population using time‐to ...
Abdulla Ali   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Passives Smoking in the Occurrence of Acute Otitis Media

open access: yesمجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2011
Background: Acute otitis media is a common childhood disease with high cost in each community. Therefore, recognition of predisposing factors for acute otitis media has significant role in prevention of it and is cost-effective.
Nezamoddin Berjis   +4 more
doaj  

Endoscopic Grading of Adenoid in Otitis Media with Effusion

open access: yesJournal of Nepal Medical Association, 2010
INTRODUCTION: Adenoid is thought to be one of the causes of otitis media with effusion, though it is controversial. Grading the adenoid by rigid nasal endoscope in patients with otitis media with effusion may justify adenoidectomy in otitis media with ...
K Acharya, C L Bhusal, R P Guragain
doaj   +1 more source

A STUDY ON CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA ACTIVE MUCOSAL TYPE WITH SINUSITIS AS FOCAL SEPSIS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
AIM : To establish the role of Sinusitis as Focal sepsis in Chronic Otitis media active mucosal disease, to emphasizethe need of proper diagnostic endoscopic evaluation and improvement in middle ear mucosal disease status afterfunctional endoscopic sinus
Gopalakrishnan, Shankaranarayanan   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Active Transport of Peptides Across the Intact Human Tympanic Membrane. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
We previously identified peptides that are actively transported across the intact tympanic membrane (TM) of rats with infected middle ears. To assess the possibility that this transport would also occur across the human TM, we first developed and ...
Alexander, Thomas   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Middle ear microbiome differences in indigenous Filipinos with chronic otitis media due to a duplication in the A2ML1 gene

open access: yesInfectious Diseases of Poverty, 2016
BackgroundPreviously rare A2ML1 variants were identified to confer otitis media susceptibility in an indigenous Filipino community and in otitis-prone US children.
R. Santos-Cortez   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cochlear Implantation and Facial Nerve Stimulation: Clinical and Anatomic Correlations

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
One rare complication of cochlear implantation (CI) is facial nerve stimulation (FNS) and in this study the location and insertion depths for electrode contacts causing FNS was analyzed, and the anatomical variance of the human facial nerve canal (FNC) was explored to elucidate the mechanisms underlying FNS.
Karin Hallin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

B-Cell Malignant Lymphoma Presenting as Otitis Media and Mastoiditis Associated with Sinus Thrombosis

open access: yesCase Reports in Neurology, 2014
Cerebral venous thrombosis as a manifestation of paraneoplastic angitis and otitis media, revealing non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma (NHBL), is extremely rare.
Atsushi Saito   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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