Effect of Preoperative Weight Status and Disease Presentation on Postoperative Elevated Blood Pressure After Childhood Adenotonsillectomy.

Objective: To investigate the risk factors of postoperative elevated blood pressure (BP) in children with childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) after adenotonsillectomy (AT).

Study Design: Case series with planned data collection.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Microbiome profiling of nasal extracellular vesicles in patients with allergic rhinitis.

Background: Nasal microbiota is crucial for the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis (AR), which has been reported to be different from that of healthy individuals. However, no study has investigated the microbiota in nasal extracellular vesicles (EVs). We aimed to compare the microbiome composition and diversity in EVs between AR patients and healthy controls (HCs) and reveal the potential metabolic mechanisms in AR.

Screening Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children with Snoring.

Efficient screening for severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is important for children with snoring before time-consuming standard polysomnography. This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to compare clinical variables, home snoring sound analysis, and home sleep pulse oximetry on their predictive performance in screening severe OSA among children who habitually snored. Study 1 included 9 (23%) girls and 30 (77%) boys (median age of 9 years).

Data for pressure ulcers and skin infections after cochlear implantation.

This article contains data concerning the research article entitled "Pressure ulcers and skin infections after cochlear implantation: A delayed yet serious issue" (Hui-Shan Hsieh, Chee-Yee Lee, Hung-Pin Wu, Ming-Ying Zhuo, and Chung-Feng Hwang) [1]. This data article reports the causes of skin flap pressure ulcer over the antenna site and protocol for the clinical managements. The patients with cochlear implant (n = 315) were enrolled.

Pressure ulcers and skin infections after cochlear implantation: A delayed yet serious issue.

Objectives: Skin flap infection is one of the most common complications of cochlear implantation (CI). We identified the causes of skin flap pressure ulcer over the antenna site and proposed wound management strategies.

Methods: A total of 250 consecutive pediatric patients who underwent CI to treat profound hearing loss were retrospectively assessed.

Debridement in chronic osteomyelitis with benign osteopetrosis: A case report.

Osteopetrosis is a rare bone disease caused by metabolic imbalances as a result of genetic mutations. For instance, autosomal dominant osteopetrosis is caused by a missense mutation of the C1CN7 gene. This was first reported in 1904 and is thought to be caused by osteoclastic dysfunction and an impaired bone resorption ability.

[Effect of control program of human intestinal parasitic diseases in Nanping City].

Objective: To understand the epidemic status of human intestinal parasitic diseases and evaluate the effect of the control program in Nanping City, so as to provide an evidence for improving the disease control.

Methods: The villages were selected by the stratified cluster sampling method and the residents in these villages were surveyed for human intestinal parasitic diseases, and kindergartens were also selected and the children in these kindergartens were surveyed for infection.

Results: In 2007, before the control program, 9 851 residents of Nanping City were surveyed, with the parasitic infection rate of 9.

[Diagnosis of an Imported Case of Plasmodium ovale Infection in Nanping City, Fujian].

An imported case previously misdiagnosed as vivax malaria was reviewed. The epidemiological data and blood sample were collected. The detection was conducted by microscopy, rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and nested PCR.

Intraoperative facial nerve monitoring during cochlear implant surgery: an observational study.

Iatrogenic facial nerve injury is one of the most severe complications of cochlear implantation (CI) surgery. Intraoperative facial nerve monitoring (IFNM) is used as an adjunctive modality in a variety of neurotologic surgeries. The purpose of this retrospective study was to assess whether the use of IFNM is associated with postoperative facial nerve injury during CI surgery.