Investigation of Sexual Education Programs for Adolescents With Autism and the Role of Parents in Providing Support.

Background: Sexual education of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex challenge, as the lack of specialized programs limits effective learning. Adolescents with ASD have difficulty understanding abstract concepts such as consent, personal boundaries and safety, which increases the risk of exploitation.

Objective: This study seeks to examine the experiences and challenges parents face in providing sexuality education to their children with ASD, highlighting the need for programs that respond to the particular needs of these adolescents.

Effect of type I tympanoplasty on the resonant frequency of the middle ear: comparison between chondrotympanoplasty and temporalis fascia grafting.

Aims: To evaluate the effect of type I chondrotympanoplasty on the resonant frequency (RF) of the middle ear and compare it to the respective outcomes of type I tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia grafting (TFG). Hearing results and respective graft integration rates were also assessed.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective comparative study was conducted of patients who had undergone type I tympanoplasty at a tertiary university hospital.

Impact of red blood cells transfusion on ICU-acquired bloodstream infections: a case-control study.

Our study investigated the impact of packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusion on the occurrence of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in patients admitted in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit (ICU), further assessing potential associations with particular BSI types. A nested matched (1:1) case-control design was implemented. Sex, age, admission category, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score II (plus Injury Severity Score in trauma patients) were used for matching.

["Continuum" and "Spectrum" hypotheses of depressive disorders].

Nowadays, the acceptance of depressive disorders as distinct entities in a categorical system with clearly defined diagnostic criteria has been considered by many researchers to be dysfunctional and stringent. An increasing number of patients with mild depressive symptomatology and dysfunction, who do not satisfy specific diagnostic criteria, seek help in primary care settings. Many questions arise in relation to whether contemporary categories of depressive disorders categories adequately reflect the broad spectrum of depressive disorders occurring in the general population.

Functional tension nose as a cause of nasal airway obstruction.

Objective: The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the influence of functional tension nose in nasal obstruction and to discuss its frequency and management.

Methods: Over the years 2000-2006, 153 patients underwent revision operation for nasal obstruction in our rhinoplastic center. Twenty-two of them (14.