OBJECTIVE To determine the methods of removing ear wax used by local general practitioners and the incidence of associated complications. DESIGN Postal survey of 312 general practitioners serving a population of about 650,000; supplementary study of ear, nose, and throat outpatients to quantify the improvement in aural acuity after wax removal. SETTING Catchment area of the Edinburgh otolar...

The European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases established the Sore Throat Guideline Group to write an updated guideline to diagnose and treat patients with acute sore throat. In diagnosis, Centor clinical scoring system or rapid antigen test can be helpful in targeting antibiotic use. The Centor scoring system can help to identify those patients who have higher likeliho...

Background: Throat complaints were common after the use of an endotracheal tube (ETT). Sore throat was also a common complaint after the use of a laryngeal mask (LM). After the introduction of i-gel®, which is a preformed siliconized non-inflatable LM, it was hypothesized that sore throat would be less. Objective: To compare the throat complaints postoperatively after general anesthesia with th...

A new algorithm for 3D throat region segmentation from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is presented. The proposed algorithm initially pre-processes the MRI data to increase the contrast between the throat region and its surrounding tissues and also to reduce artifacts. Isotropic 3D volume is reconstructed using Fast Fourier Transform based interpolation. Furthermore, a cube encompassing the th...

The compatibility of the dimensions polymer molecular aggregates and pore throat reservoir were studied. W section Tuha oilfield was study area polymers produced by Daqing Refining Chemical Company used. permeability limit molecules with different masses concentrations, matching relationship between dimension obtained experiments. results research are important for development implementation a ...

The anterior nares are the most important screening site of colonization with Staphylococcus aureus. We screened 2966 individuals for S. aureus carriage with swabs of both nares and throat. A total of 37.1% of persons were nasal carriers, and 12.8% were solely throat carriers. Screening of throat swabs significantly increases the sensitivity of detection among carriers by 25.7%.

Introduction: Presence of a sore throat after surgery is a common side effect of general anesthesia with intratracheal intubation and can cause discomfort for the patient and prolong the recovery process. In this study we compared the effect of dexamethasone before and after intubation on the incidence of sore throat after tympanoplasty surgery.   Materials and Methods: In a double-blind, rando...

Objectives To investigate the predictors of general practitioner (GP) consultation and antibiotic use in those developing sore throat. Methods We conducted a prospective population-based cohort study on 4461 participants in two rounds (2010-11) from 1897 households. Results Participants reported 2193 sore throat illnesses, giving a community sore throat incidence of 1.57/ person-year. 13% o...