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Pediatric Hearing Loss: Referral, Visiting and Treating – REVISIT RANU (Univers...
Arede Antunes, Miguel; Carmo, Filipa; Duarte Silva, Filipa; Nurdin, Aliya; Levy, João; Fuzeta Eça, Tiago; Garrido, André; Ferrão, Otília; Leonel LuísIntroduction: New risk and suspicion factors for childhood deafness were recently introduced in the literature, justifying the suggestion to review the algorithm associated with Portuguese Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening (UNHS). Goals: Develop an algorithm that allows screening, early diagnosis, referral and rapid intervention in child deafness. Material and methods: Algorithm creation based on literature ...
First Line Antibiotics in Acute Otitis Media: Are There Differences Between Spe...
Eça, Tiago Fuzeta; Duarte, Catarina; Levy, João; Ferrão, Otília; Luís, LeonelIntroduction: AOM is the most common diagnosis for the prescription of antibiotics in children. The Portuguese National Health Autority issued a clinical guideline in 2012, updated in 2014, in which it recommends the use of amoxicillin as first-line antibiotic. The option is based on the fact that amoxicillin is the most effective oral antibiotic against the microorganisms with the greatest risk for acute inva...