Individual Patient Factors Associated with Effective Tinnitus Treatment

Treatment of Pulsatile Tinnitus Associated with Multiple Factors

413 Numerous factors may lead to pulsatile tinnitus (PT), including atherosclerosis, benign intracranial hypertension, glomus tympanicum tumor, dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs), abnormalities of the sigmoid sinus (dehiscence and diverticulum), and jugular bulb anomalies (glomus jugular tumor, diverticulum, high‑riding or dehiscent jugular bulb). However, exact causes often cannot be found i...

Effective factors on patient discharge with own agreement

Introduction: Since hospital is responsible for patients’ health referring to them, and the quality of hospital services is evaluated according to patients’ needs and satisfaction, evaluation according to patients’ point of views and their satisfaction of the hospital services has become more and more popular due to hospital competition for more patient receptions. It can be s...

Factors Associated with Operative Treatment of De Quervain Tendinopathy

Background:  Geographic and doctor-to-doctor variations in care are a focus of quality and safety efforts in medicine. This study addresses factors associated with variation in the rate of operative treatment of de Quervain tendinopathy.   Methods: We used a database including all patient encounters at 2 large medical centers, to study the experience of 10 hand surgeons and 1 physiatrist workin...

Patients’ satisfaction with orthodontic treatment and associated factors

A patient with tinnitus.

Tinnitus is defined as the perception of a sound that is generated involuntarily within the head of an individual. It is a very common condition with a prevalence in the adult population of around 10%. However, the proportion of individuals with troublesome tinnitus is significantly less than this. The majority of patients with tinnitus do not have any identifiable underlying pathology except f...