The evaluation of auditory system in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients.

Objective: The authors of the present study aimed to investigate the impact of hypoxemia on the auditory functions of OSAS patients and discussed their findings under the scope of the existing literature.

Materials And Methods: 160 patients who underwent a polysomnographic analysis for the diagnosis of possible sleep disordered breathing between January 2015 and December 2015 were enrolled in this study. Polysomnography tests were conducted at the sleep laboratory of the department of neurology at the same institute.

Identification of Chlamydia trachomatis with polymerase chain reaction in middle ear fluid in otitis media with effusion.

In this study, 78 middle ear aspiration samples from 59 children between the ages of 2 14 who have undergone myringotomy under general anesthesia were included. The presence of DNA genome of Chlamydia trachomatis was analyzed with polymerase chain reaction in the aspiration material. The relationship between the nature of the effusion fluid and the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis was investigated.

Resistant bacteria in the adenoid tissues of children with otitis media with effusion.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the resistant bacteria in the adenoid tissue and the middle ear effusion of children who underwent myringotomy and adenoidectomy with the diagnosis of otitis media with effusion (OME).

Methods: This study was performed in the ENT Clinic, Firat University between January 2001 and June 2001. Forty-one subjects who were enrolled in the study were diagnosed as OME, their age ranged from 1 to 11 years, and they underwent a myringotomy together with an adenoidectomy because of adenoid hyperthrophy.