Exceeding parents' expectations in Ear-Nose-Throat outpatient facilities: the development and analysis of a questionnaire.

The study attempts to develop an outpatient service quality scale by investigating the key dimensions which assess parental satisfaction and provides a recommendation on an improved health service delivery system. The survey was conducted in an Ear-Nose-Throat outpatient clinic of a Greek public pediatric hospital. A total of 127 parents in outpatient waiting areas were chosen; 74.

Effects of oral administration of (L)-arginine, (L)-NAME and allopurinol on intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.

Aims: Intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is implicated in many clinical conditions, and it performs a fundamental role in their pathophysiologies. Oral administration of antioxidants and nitric oxide (NO) donors ameliorate intestinal injury. Here, the effects of l-arginine, allopurinol and N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) were investigated.

Use of chloral hydrate as a sedative for auditory brainstem response testing in a pediatric population.

Objective: Chloral hydrate (CH) is an oral sedative widely used to sedate infants and young children during auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing. The aim of this study was to record effectiveness, complications and safety of CH as a sedative for ABR.

Methods: From January of 2003 until December of 2007, 1903 children were tested for ABR, 568 of them being under the age of 6 months.