Teaching the technical performance of bronchoscopy to residents in a step-wise simulated approach: factors supporting learning and impacts on clinical work - a qualitative analysis.

Background: The ability to perform a bronchoscopy is a valuable clinical skill for many medical specialities. Learning this skill is demanding for residents, due to the high cognitive load. Lessons learned from cognitive load theory might provide a way to facilitate this learning.

Positive family history of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) is a heterogenic disease. Multiple factors influencing aetiology and prognosis are discussed. A retrospective clinical characterisation and analysis of family history of ISSNHL patients was performed to investigate influences on the disease.

Sudden hearing loss due to fibromuscular dysplasia.

Objective: This case is reported in order to demonstrate the importance of detailed clinical analysis, including evaluation of personal and family history, in the differential diagnosis of sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

Case Report: A 50-year-old woman presented with a sudden onset of sensorineural hearing loss in her right ear. She had experienced three previous episodes of sudden sensorineural hearing loss in her left ear, at the ages of 35, 48 and 50 years.

[Clinical characterization of patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss].

Background: The etiology and factors influencing the prognosis of idiopathic sensorineural hearing loss are still in focus. To determine pathogenetic relevant factors, a detailed clinical characterization of patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss remains to be performed.

Methods: The history of 103 patients who presented with a sudden sensorineural hearing loss and received a standard treatment with prednisolone und pentoxyphylline (Stennert-Schema) has been investigated with a new questionnaire.