Contrasting Vantage Points between Caregivers and Residents on the Perception of Elder Abuse and Neglect During Long-Term Care.

Background: Elder abuse and neglect can be defined as refusing or failing to fulfil a caregiver's obligation to meet the needs of elderly individuals in order to punish or hurt them. We aimed to explore perceptions of elder mistreatment of both caregivers and residents during long-term care, and highlight significant differences in the overall mistreatment perception regarding socio-demographic variables, as well as the type of care facility.

Subjects And Methods: The study involved 171 caregivers and 245 elderly individuals in stationary facilities.

Alternative products to treat allergic rhinitis and alternative routes for allergy immunotherapy.

Background: Some alternative products instead of immunotherapy are used in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR).

Methods: In this paper, alternative products to treat allergic rhinitis and alternative routes for allergy immunotherapy are reviewed.

Results: Alternative products and methods used instead of immunotherapy are tea therapy, acupuncture, Nigella sativa, cinnamon bark, Spanish needle, acerola, capsaicin (Capsicum annum), allergen-absorbing ointment, and cellulose powder.

Alternative products to treat allergic rhinitis and alternative routes for allergy immunotherapy.

Background: Some alternative products instead of immunotherapy are used in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR).

Methods: In this paper, alternative products to treat allergic rhinitis and alternative routes for allergy immunotherapy are reviewed.

Results: Alternative products and methods used instead of immunotherapy are tea therapy, acupuncture, Nigella sativa, cinnamon bark, Spanish needle, acerola, capsaicin (Capsicum annum), allergen-absorbing ointment, and cellulose powder.

A thin line between Meniere's disease and spontaneous intracranial hypotension syndrome.

Aim: To point out the similarity of Meniere disease and spontaneous intracranial hypotension and difference of their treatment.

Methods: A case of a 54-year-old male patient with previously diagnosed Meniere's disease and newly diagnosed spontaneous intracranial hypotension syndrome is presented. Additional neuroradiological examination, Brain contrast-enhanced MRI and MR myelography were used for diagnosis.

Could nasal septal deformities type 5 and 6 be a predictive factor of the indi- vidual genetic predilection for the onset of an acute coronary syndrome?

Objectives: the possible impact of nasal septal deformities (SD) on cardiac pathology has not been well studied, despite growing evidence among data showing that upper air-way obstruction has a negative effect on cardiac function in general and a "deviated nasal septum" being considered one of the most frequent factors responsible for impaired nasal breathing.

Methods: a retrospective, case-control, double-blind study was performed on 249 patients who survived an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) attack. All patients underwent coronary angiography and were divided into coronary angiography positive (123 pts) and coronary angiography negative (126 pts) groups.

Clinical Implications of Nasal Septal Deformities.

The first attempts to systematize septal distortions have been given by Cottle who defined four groups of septal deformities: subluxation, large spurs, caudal deflection and tension septum. Fortunately, the variations of the septal deformities show a certain order, thus enabling more precise classification. Mladina was the first to make user-friendly classification of septal deformities in six basic types.

Unilateral cleft lip/palate children: the incidence of type 6 septal deformities in their parents.

Background: The overall incidence of pathological septal deformity has been found to be significantly higher in unilateral cleft lip/palate (UCLP) children than in control children. Of the seven types of septal deformity according to Mladina's classification, type 6 has been found to be the most frequent in UCLP children, occurring in only 3.7% of the control children.

Nasal septal deformities in ear, nose, and throat patients: an international study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence and characteristics of nasal septum deformities in ear, nose, and throat (ENT) patients in various geographic regions in the world.

Materials And Methods: Anterior rhinoscopy without nasal decongestion was performed in 17 ENT centers in 14 countries. The septal deformities were classified according to the classification system proposed by Mladina.

Are some septal deformities inherited? Type 6 revisited.

Objective: There has been little research into inherited septal deformities. While, Pejić carried out a study some 50 years ago, and Grymer more recently suggested that some posterior septal deformities could be inherited, both studies lack a precise definition of the types of septal deformities which were investigated. The aim of this paper is to investigate the hypothetic influence of heredity on the onset of particular types of septal deformities.

An unusual case of heminasal aplasia: proboscis lateralis or cystic teratoma?

Unilateral aplasia of the nose is a rare congenital malformation. It is often associated with other malformations of the facial region, including abnormalities of the eye and lacrimal system, proboscis lateralis, and facial bone malformations. The authors present a case of heminasal aplasia in a 4-year-old boy who underwent surgery immediately after birth because of right-sided proboscis lateralis.

Osteoma of the internal auditory canal.

Osteomas of the internal auditory canal, inaccesible to clinical examination, are rare lesions. There are only 14 cases of osteomas and exostoses of the internal auditory canal reported in the international medical literature. A patient with an osteoma of the internal auditory canal is presented, along with differential diagnosis and possible etiologic factors for the lesion.

Correlation between the minimal cross-sectional area of the nasal cavity and body surface area: preliminary results in normal patients.

Nasal symptoms often are inconsistent with rhinoscopic findings. However, the proper diagnosis and treatment of nasal pathology requires an objective evaluation of the narrow segments of the anterior part of the nasal cavities (minimal cross-sectional area [MCSA]). The problem is that the value of MCSA is not a unique parameterfor the entire population, but rather it is a distinctive valuefor particular subject (or smaller groups of subjects).

Recurrent epistaxis from Kiesselbach area syndrome in patients suffering from hemorrhoids: fact or fiction?

Background: It has been found that >90% of patients suffering from recurrent epistaxis from Kiesselbach area syndrome (REKAS) simultaneously suffered from hemorrhoids. To clarify this, the authors decided to investigate in the opposite direction, i.e.

Nasal septum deformities in children and adolescents: a cross sectional study of children from Zagreb, Croatia.

Objective: Numerous epidemiologic studies on the prevalence of nasal septum deformities in children have been performed over the last three decades. As these studies were performed in children of various age groups and used different classifications of septal deformities (without detailed morphologic systematization), it is no surprise that the results differ greatly from study to study. The purpose of the study was to evaluate clinical data on the total prevalence of nasal septum deformities and particular types of deformity in children and adolescents.

CO2 laser anterior turbinectomy in the treatment of non-allergic vasomotor rhinopathia. A prospective study upon 78 patients.

Preliminary results obtained in the treatment of non-allergic vasomotor rhinopathia by CO2 laser are presented. A group of 78 subjects, 35 males and 43 females, aged 18-48 years, mean age 27.6 years, were followed: subjective assessment of nasal breathing quality, anterior rhinomanometry, cytologic findings and saccharine test of nasal clearance.

[Branchial cyst and fistula of the first branchial cleft. Apropos of a case].

We describe a case of a fistula from the first branchial cleft. At the otorhinolaryngology clinic of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Zagreb we have operated on more than 100 cases of congenital abnormalities of the branchial arches. However, it is only recently that we had the first case of fistula from the first branchial cleft.