Strabismus and Pediatric Psychiatric Illness: A Literature Review.

Purpose: This literature review aims to investigate the potential association between strabismus and mental illness among children.

Materials: The search was conducted in the PubMed and Google Scholar databases using a wide range of search terms related to strabismus, mental disorders, psychiatric illness, childhood, and adolescence.

Results: Eleven published studies were included in this review.

Tachyphylaxis and Dependence in Pharmacotherapy for Unexplained Chronic Cough.

Objective Unexplained chronic cough (UCC) is a perplexing condition treated with neuromodulators. Although previous literature describes the effectiveness of neuromodulators, there is little on the development of tachyphylaxis or dependence to neuromodulators over time. Our objective is to capture the experience of a large cohort of patients with UCC over an extended period, looking for these 2 phenomena.

Pretherapy neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and platelet to lymphocyte ratio do not predict survival in resectable pancreatic cancer.

Background: Pretherapy serum neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) have both been identified as prognostic in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The aim of this study was to identify the prognostic implication of pretherapy NLR and PLR in patients with resectable PDAC.

Methods: Data were collected retrospectively on patients operated at our institution between 2004 and 2014.

Medialization Laryngoplasty in the Elderly: Outcomes and Expectations.

Objective To describe the profile and outcomes of elderly patients undergoing medialization laryngoplasty for vocal cord paralysis. Study Design Case series with retrospective review. Setting Tertiary care hospital.