[Organizational well-being and work-life balance: the role of 12-hour shifts in an Emergency Department].

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Introduction: In recent years a significant number of health professionals is leaving the National Health System.

Long-Term Hearing Outcomes following Stapedotomy in Patients with Otosclerosis and Preoperative Small Air-Bone Gap.

Objectives: To assess the long-term effectiveness of stapedotomies performed on patients with otosclerosis and preoperative small air-bone gaps (ABGs).

Methods: Retrospective study comparing the 10-year postoperative hearing outcomes after primary stapedotomies in patients with small (≤20 dB) and large ABGs (> 20 dB). Ninety out of 175 stapedotomies (22 and 68 in the small and large ABG groups, respectively) were monitored with long-term follow-ups.

Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) Scale.

Background: The Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale is a symptom-specific, self-completed questionnaire for assessing quality of life related to nasal obstruction or its treatment in patients with septal deviation. The aim of this study was to validate the Spanish adaptation of the NOSE, thus allowing comparison across studies and international multicenter projects.

Methodology: Multicenter prospective instrument validation study.

The cost associated with interstitial thermotherapy for tonsil reduction vs. standard tonsillectomy.

Given the high demand for tonsillectomies in children, the variety of techniques available, and the increasing need to control expenditures, it is important to analyse the costs associated with surgical procedures. The aim in the present study was to compare the cost of interstitial thermotherapy for tonsil volume reduction with conventional tonsillectomy. This was a nonrandomized, retrospective analysis at a public practice regional hospital between 2010 and 2012.

[Prevalence of degenerative aortic valve stenosis in the elderly: results of a large community-based epidemiological study].

Background: There is a paucity of epidemiological data on the prevalence of degenerative aortic stenosis (AS) after the recent demographic changes and in the present therapeutic era. We sought to assess the prevalence of AS in an elderly population of an Italian urban area and to derive an epidemiological estimate of AS prevalence on a larger scale.

Methods: Elderly people (aged 75-95 years) of a 26 000 inhabitants town were clinically screened by general practitioners and classified into four groups: (1) no signs of AS; (2) known AS; (3) suspected AS (on the basis of the presence of a systolic murmur); (4) prior aortic valve replacement (AVR).