Towards an automated approach for smart sterility test examination.

As new technologies emerge, deep learning applications are often integral parts of new products as features and often as differentiating benefits. This is especially notable in commercial consumer products in everyday applications, such as voice assistants or streaming content recommendation systems. Due to the power and applicability of these deep learning technologies significant efforts are being directed to the development and integration of appropriate models into science and engineering applications to supplant analogue systems that may be highly prone to human error.

Incidence of sialolithiasis in Denmark: a nationwide population-based register study.

Sialolithiasis is a frequent disorder affecting the salivary glands. The incidence rate (IR) has been reported to be 2.9-5.

The introduction of sialendoscopy has significantly contributed to a decreased number of excised salivary glands in Denmark.

Excision has been the treatment of choice in benign non-tumorous obstructive disorders of the major salivary glands, when symptoms persisted in spite of conservative measures. Unfortunately surgical resection has been associated with a relatively high rate of adverse effects. To meet the need for a less invasive treatment modality for benign obstructive non-tumorous disorders (i.

Does drinking water influence hospital-admitted sialolithiasis on an epidemiological level in Denmark?

Objectives: Sialolithiasis, or salivary stones, is not a rare disease of the major salivary glands. However, the aetiology and incidence remain largely unknown. Since sialoliths are comprised mainly of calcium phosphate salts, we hypothesise that drinking water calcium levels and other elements in drinking water could play a role in sialolithiasis.

Objective and subjective outcome in 42 patients after treatment of sialolithiasis by transoral incision of Warthon's duct: a retrospective middle-term follow-up study.

In this retrospective follow-up study, we present the middle-term results of transoral removal of submandibular calculi by incision in the floor of the mouth together with a patient satisfaction survey. These results will be compared with those of international studies. This is an individual retrospective cohort follow-up study.

Steady progress seen in endoscopic surgery on major salivary glands.

Introduction: The objective of this study was to investigate the development in sialendoscopy (SE) in East Denmark. Data were compared with previously published data to assess the learning curve.

Material And Methods: In this retrospective consecutive study, all patients who had SE performed at Hillerød Hospital from November 2009 to April 2011 were included.

Sialoendoscopy for diagnosis and treatment of non-neoplastic obstruction in the salivary glands.

Introduction: The objective of this study was to evaluate our experience with sialoendoscopies for diagnosis and treatment of obstructive disease in the large salivary glands in Eastern Denmark and to broaden awareness of the procedure.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study was designed including the first 100 consecutive sialoendoscopies in 91 patients performed at Hillerød Hospital and Rigshospitalet, in the 2004-2009 period.

Results: The median age of the 91 patients was 45 years (range 9-74 years) with a female-to-male ratio of 1.

Does erythropoietin augment noise induced hearing loss?

Noise-induced hearing loss may result from excessive release of glutamate, nitrogen oxide and reactive oxygen species. The effects of these factors on the inner ear may potentially be prevented or reduced by erythropoietin (EPO), as indicated by previously demonstrated neuro-protective effects of EPO upon damage to the central nervous system and the retina. This paper reports three separate trials, conducted to investigate the hypothesis that noise-induced hearing loss is prevented or reduced by erythropoietin.

Erythropoietin and erythropoietin receptor expression in the guinea pig inner ear.

The erythropoietin receptor (EPOR) is expressed in the brain and erythropoietin (EPO) has been shown to have neurotrophic and neuroprotective functions in the central nervous system and in the retina. These findings may be applied to the inner ear, pending EPO receptor presence. Accordingly, this study determines expression of EPO and EPOR in the inner ear of the guinea pig.

Cochlear hair cell loss in single-dose versus continuous round window administration of gentamicin.

Conclusions: Gentamicin-induced cochlear hair cell loss depends on local middle ear administration kinetics and the total drug dose. Single-dose gentamicin instillation in the middle ear is associated with a high variation in hair cell loss.

Objective: To compare the effects of single-dose and continuous round window administration of gentamicin on cochlear hair cell loss in a guinea pig model.

["Kiss the child"--removal of nasal foreign bodies in children using the mouth-to-mouth method].

Two cases are presented, in which nasal foreign bodies in children were removed by a positive pressure technique using the mouth-to-mouth method. The technique is efficient, simple to perform and atraumatic to the child. The technique is suggested as first choice treatment in small children with nasal foreign bodies.

Beneficial effect of low-dose peritonsillar injection of lidocaine-adrenaline before tonsillectomy. A placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Objective: Most studies investigating the effect of preincisional injection of local anaesthetic with adrenaline in tonsillectomy have used rather large doses and an inter-individual study design. They are inconclusive regarding the effect on post-tonsillectomy pain but have shown that the peroperative blood loss is reduced. However, side effects to high adrenaline doses are common.

Tympanic displacement analysis in healthy volunteers after indomethacin administration.

The aim of this study was to investigate whether a tympanic displacement analyser could detect decreases in cerebral blood flow and intracranial pressure after administration of indomethacin in healthy volunteers. In a double-blind crossover study involving 14 healthy volunteers all subjects first underwent a test-retest evaluation to investigate reproducibility followed by tests performed in sitting and supine positions to confirm intracranial-cochlear pressure transfer. In two further sessions tests were performed before and 90 min after subjects were blindly administered a suppository containing either 100 mg of indomethacin or placebo.