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The potential role of peak nasal inspiratory flow to evaluate active sinonasal ...
Araújo-Martins, José; Brás-Geraldes, Carlos; Neuparth, NunoAlthough the pathophysiology of nasal polyposis is incompletely understood, rhinologists have seldom studied it with rhinomanometry or peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF) due to technical limitations and the perception that polyp size might impair reproducibility and the usefulness of recordings. The objective of this study is to assess how measures of rhinomanometry and PNIF relate to disease activity. Nineteen...
Reported Drug Allergy among Children Attending Day Care Centers
Martins, Pedro; Belo, Joana; Marques, João; Papoila, Ana Luísa; Caires, Iolanda; Araújo-Martins, José; Pedro, Catarina; Rosado-Pinto, JoséIntroduction: Data about drug allergy prevalence in the general population, particularly in children, are lacking. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of parent-reported drug allergy, in children attending day care centers in Lisbon and Oporto.Material and Methods: In Phase II of the “ENVIRH study – Environment and Health in Children Day Care Centers”, a health questionnaire which included questions abo...
Recovery of Cochlear and Vestibular Function after Labyrinthine Haemorrhage
Araújo-Martins, José; Melo, Patrícia; Ribeiro, Cristóvão; Barros, EzequielInner ear haemorrhage is a rare disorder with disabling symptoms. Prognosis is generally considered to be poor with essentially no chance of functional recovery. The most common aetiologies are related to blood dyscrasias, anticoagulant therapy or local trauma. The association with autoimmune diseases is exceptional. The authors report a case of sudden deafness with vertigo in a patient with rheumatoid arthriti...
Intratympanic VII nerve schwannoma without facial paralysis: A rare cause of au...
Araújo-Martins, José; Sousa, Vítor; Marques Pinto, Luís; Ribeiro, Cristóvão; Barros, EzequielFacial nerve schwannomas are the second most common type of benign neoplasia of the middle ear after paragangliomas. When their origin is intratympanic, signs and symptoms develop earlier. The most frequent complaints are facial paralysis and hypoacusis. We report the case of a patient with unilateral conductive hypoacusis, an aural polyp and imagiologic changes suggesting a middle ear schwannoma. The diagnosis...
CO2 concentration in day care centres is related to weezing in attending children
Carreiro-Martins, Pedro; Viegas, João; Papoila, Ana Luísa; Aelenei, Daniel; Caires, Iolanda; Araújo-Martins, José; Gaspar-Marques, JoãoPoor ventilation at day care centres (DCCs) was already reported, although its effects on attending children are not clear. This study aimed to evaluate the association between wheezing in children and indoor CO2 (a ventilation surrogate marker) in DCC and to identify behaviours and building characteristics potentially related to CO2. In phase I, 45 DCCs from Lisbon and Oporto (Portugal) were selected through a...