Publications by authors named "D M A Kamalski"
[Should we all do mouth taping? The real story behind breathing through the nose.].
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
January 2025
Breathing through the nose has many benefits compared to mouth breathing. There are ways to force breathing through the nose, for instance by mouth taping. It is, however, normal that nasal passage variates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the difference in overall, hospital, and out-of-hospital cost difference of day-case stapes surgery, compared with inpatient stapes surgery, while maintaining equal hearing outcomes and quality of life (QoL).
Study Design: A single-center, nonblinded, randomized controlled trial in a tertiary referral center.
Methods: A total of 112 adult patients planned for primary or revision stapes surgery for clinically suspected otosclerosis were randomly assigned to either the day-case or inpatient treatment group.
Objective: while smell training appears to be effective for post viral smell loss, its effectiveness in COVID-19 induced smell loss is currently not well known. Therefore, we aim to investigate the potential effect of smell training on patients with COVID-19 induced smell loss.
Methods: we conducted a case-control study with two comparable cohorts.
Article Synopsis
- The Sniffin' Sticks Test (SST) is a validated method for assessing olfactory function, but its length makes it impractical for clinical use, leading to the development of shorter tests like the SST-12 for screening purposes.
- The study focuses on evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of the SST-12 in detecting olfactory dysfunction in patients who have experienced smell loss after COVID-19.
- Results show the SST-12 has high sensitivity (93.4%) and reasonable specificity (68.2%), indicating its potential utility in identifying smell loss, although careful interpretation of results is needed in clinical practice.
Article Synopsis
- * Objective measures (TDI scores) showed significant improvement over one year, moving from a baseline score of 21.25 to 30.75, indicating a return to normal olfactory function.
- * Alongside improved smell perception, self-reported quality of life and gustatory function also showed notable enhancements, suggesting positive recovery trends for COVID-19 patients with lingering olfactory disorders.