the  main  clinical presentation  of  patients  with  primary antibody  deficiency (pad) incorporates upper respiratory tract infections comprising otitis media, sinusitis and pneumonia.  this  study  was  designed  to  investigate clinical and  paraclinical otological complications in major types of pad.  a cross sectional study was conducted on 55 pad patients with diagnosis of selective iga ...

Background: Otitis media with effusion (OME) is the most frequent indication for surgery in children. Some surgeons prefer to use adenoidectomy and myringotomy with tympanostomy tubes insertion to prevent the sequelae of the disease and also more improvement of hearing. The aim of this study is to compare adenoidectomy-myringotomy with adenoidectomy-myringotomy plus tympanostomy tube in the man...

Previous research has shown that obtaining health information-including where to locate a doctor and seek appropriate treatment-is a major challenge for Chinese and other Asian immigrants to adapt to the US. Although social media could provide Chinese immigrants with health information and other benefits, the new technology’s value is still uncertain for potential users. This pilot study utiliz...

Exploring new techniques of targeted advertising across public spaces has attracted considerable attention. This research demonstrates a novel way of identifying suitable location and time for targeted advertising using geo-social media, by using London Underground stations as case study. The number of target users are estimated by integrating the passenger counts data and topic of interests fr...

In this study, the efficacy of bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) was assessed in a rat model of chronic otitis media with effusion. BPI injection prevented disturbance of the mucociliary clearance system of the middle ear. Hence, it is postulated that BPI can be a new therapy for chronic otitis media with effusion.

BACKGROUND A systematic quantitative review was conducted of evidence relating parental smoking to acute otitis media, recurrent otitis media, middle ear effusion, and adenoidectomy and/or tonsillectomy. METHODS Forty five relevant publications were identified after consideration of 692 articles selected by electronic search of the Embase and Medline databases using keywords relevant to passi...

background: otitis media with effusion is one of the leading causes of hearing loss in children. effective treatment of effusion in the middle ear requires appropriate empirical treatment and characterization of responsible pathogens. objective of the present study was to detect pathogens in clinical samples from patients with otitis media with effusion in our area and to determine the sensitiv...

OBJECTIVES Children with cleft lip and palate universally present with otitis media with effusion. This prevalence has not been systematically studied. The purpose of the present study was to examine and compare the prevalence of otitis media with effusion, hearing sensitivity, and audiometry method utilised for assessment in children with and without clefts. METHODS Two groups of children (c...

OBJECTIVE Methodological criteria that characterise ethically sound community-based studies are often described in overviews but are rarely documented in clinical studies. Research investigating the health of Aboriginal Australians is often small-scale, descriptive and largely driven by non-Indigenous people. The 'community-controlled' model of research relating to Aboriginal peoples health is ...