Publications by authors named "Seraina Kunz"
Article Synopsis
- Varicella, caused by the varicella-zoster virus, primarily impacts young children, presenting with a rash and fever, but can lead to severe complications.
- A case study is presented involving an infant with varicella who developed preseptal cellulitis and a frontal abscess, requiring an otorhinolaryngology consult due to concerns of sinusitis.
- Ultrasound findings indicated a mid-frontal collection without abscess formation, leading to the diagnosis of cutaneous superinfection of varicella lesions, which was successfully treated with drainage and antibiotics.
Petrous apicitis and cavernous sinus thrombosis are exceedingly rare complications of acute otitis media with only few reported cases in the post-antibiotic era. Especially in children, the appropriate management is a subject of controversy. We report the case of a 10-year-old boy who presented to the emergency department with left-sided otalgia, otorrhea, and hearing loss, accompanied by somnolence and high spiking fevers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives/hypothesis: To investigate the association between epistaxis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Study Design: Case-control cohort study.
Methods: This study included patients from the tertiary-care ear, nose, and throat department at the University Hospital of Zurich between December 1, 2016 and June 1, 2017.
Background: Determinants of cardiomyocyte injury as quantified by high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (cTnI) in young and healthy individuals, and sex-specific 99th percentiles are largely unknown.
Methods: Our study included 2077 adults from the general population aged 25-41 years without cardiovascular disease. cTnI was measured using a high-sensitivity assay.