Henoch-Schönlein Purpura complicated with major gastro-intestinal hemorrhage.

We report a case of Henoch-Schönlein Purpura in a 83-year old patient. The patient presented with a purpuric rash and arthralgia. During admission, he developed hematochezia and acute kidney injury.

Changes over time of psychoacoustic outcome measurements are not a substitute for subjective outcome measurements in acute tinnitus.

The aim of this study was to assess correlations between the changes over time of various tinnitus measurements. A longitudinal prospective study comparing two test moments was performed: before treatment and after 90 days. Tinnitus assessment consisted of psychoacoustic outcome measurements (minimal masking level and loudness matching at 1 kHz) and subjective outcome measurements (Tinnitus Impairment Questionnaire, Tinnitus Questionnaire and Numeric Rating Scale of loudness and annoyance).

Fixation of cochlear implants: an evidence-based review of literature.

Hypothesis: There are numerous cochlear implant fixation techniques to prevent soft tissue complications related to device migration. The literature does not provide sufficient evidence to determine the most suitable fixation method.

Background: Cochlear implants (CI) are becoming a routine treatment for patients with severe to profound deafness.

Bacteriological and cytological findings according to the macroscopic characteristics of the middle ear effusions.

With standardized bacteriological methods, where direct microscopic examination took a very important place, 112 effusions from children (aged 1 to 6 years) with OME (minimum 2 months duration) were examined. It was demonstrated that acridine orange stain was superior to Gram stain in detecting bacteria, while Giemsa stain gave more information about the inflammatory cells involved. Purulent OME revealed most frequently bacteria (in total 92%), as well by direct microscopic examination (83%) as by culture (83%).