Different techniques of adenoidectomy and its impact on middle ear pressure: a randomized controlled study.

Objectives: The aim of this work is to compare between different techniques of adenoidectomy: endoscopic microdebrider-assisted, coblation and conventional adenoidectomy and its effect on middle ear pressure.

Background: Adenoidectomy, either alone or with tonsillectomy, is considered among the most performed procedures in pediatric otorhinolaryngology. This procedure usually related to the Eustachian tube function and middle ear status.

Disposable potentiometric sensors for monitoring cholinesterase activity.

A highly sensitive disposable screen-printed butyrylcholine (BuCh) potentiometric sensor, based on heptakis (2,3,6-tri-o-methyl)-β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) as ionophore, was developed for butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) activity monitoring. The proposed sensors have been characterized and optimized according to the constituents of homemade printing carbon ink including β-CD, anionic sites, and plasticizer. The fabricated sensor showed Nernstian responses from 10(-6) to 10(-2)mol L(-1) with detection limit of 8 × 10(-7)mol L(-1), fast response time (1.

Towards disposable sensors for drug quality control: Dextromethorphan screen- printed electrodes.

A simple, rapid, reliable, and reproducible method for mass production of disposable sensors using screen-printing technology is described. Homemade printing has been characterized and optimized on the basis of effects of the modifier and plasticizers. The fabricated bi-electrode potentiometric strip containing both working and reference electrode was used as dextromethorphan (DXM) sensor.

Carbon paste and PVC electrodes for the flow injection potentiometric determination of dextromethorphan.

The construction and performance characteristics of dextromethorphan (DXM) carbon paste (CPEs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) electrodes are described. Different modes for electrode modification, including incorporation of ion pairs (IPs), ion pairing agent or soaking the plain electrode in IPs suspension, have been used. Matrices compositions were optimized referring to the effect of modifier and plasticizer.