Objective: To identify risk factors and appropriate therapeutic regimens in fluoroquinolone-resistant otorrhea Study Design: Retrospective study of patients with otorrhea undergoing ear exudate culture and identified as resistant to ciprofloxacin, from 2015 to 2022. Materials and Methods: Review of clinical records and ear exudate cultures. Results: Thirty-seven ear exudates with cultures resistant to fluoroqui...
Introduction: The treatment of chronic cholesteatomatous otitis media (CCOM) is surgical and may require an open technique mastoidectomy. Hearing loss resulting from the disease and/or its surgical removal is traditionally corrected with tympanoplasty or conventional hearing aids, but other options are available, such as the Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA). Objective: To evaluate the functional outcomes and im...
O presente estudo analisa a pirataria digital aplicada ao contexto das indústrias criativas no sentido de compreender quais as motivações dos consumidores portugueses ao recorrente e contínuo uso de plataformas não autorizadas para consumo audiovisual. Num cenário marcado pela inovação, pela facilidade, pela tecnologia e pelo acesso, questiona-se a abrangência do fenómeno conhecido como pirataria digital e proc...
COVID-19 pandemic led to health care access restrictions with potential delays in the diagnosis and treatment of other diseases. This retrospective study was based in the analysis of the access to ENT medical appointment in IPOLFG and the staging of larynx SCC in the first appointment, by comparing a period of 10 months after the outbreak beginning in Portugal and with an equal period in 2019. Number of medical...
The nasolacrimal duct obstruction affects about 20% newborns. Most cases have a spontaneous resolution in the first year of life. Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is indicated when symptoms reoccur after conservative treatment. This retrospective study included 10 patients, from January 2015 to December 2019. Epiphora was the most frequent symptom (70%, n=7). Lacrimal stents were placed in 60% (n=6), wit...