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Int J Clin Pract 2021 Feb 24:e14113. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

Background: Inappropriate use of antibiotics is a public health concern that promotes antibiotic resistance globally. This study aimed to investigate the patterns of antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in Jordan to encourage judicious antibiotic prescribing.

Methods: The researchers conducted a retrospective secondary analysis of oral antibiotics prescribed in the family medicine clinics in a teaching university hospital in Jordan in 2017. Read More

Clin Otolaryngol 2021 Feb 24. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

University Hospital Monklands, Airdrie, ML6 0JS, Scotland, United Kingdom.

The overall success rate for TEES tympanoplasty was 83% A learning curve of approximately 60 cases was evident, with success in the final 33% of cases being 93.5% The only significant factor affecting the tympanoplasty success rate was the year since starting TEES. Hearing outcomes are related to pre-operative ABG, ossicle erosion, and COM risk factors, but not to the level of experience in TEES. Read More

Otol Neurotol 2021 Feb 23. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Department of Endocrinology, University Hospitals Leuven Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism Department Neurosciences, ExpORL, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Introduction: Girls and women with Turner syndrome (TS) present with multiple ear and hearing problems, ranging from external morphologic abnormalities to sensorineural or conductive hearing loss. The exact pathophysiology behind these otological diseases is not yet completely understood. The aim of this study is to provide a systematic review on the prevalence of otological disease in TS. Read More

Otol Neurotol 2021 Feb 23. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Patras "Karamandaneio" Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Patras Department of Medical Oncology, "Olympion" General Hospital, Patras, Greece.

Objective: The present study seeks to estimate the potential of multifrequency tympanometry in the diagnosis of primal otologic disorder in children with adenoid hypertrophy (AH).

Study Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: Tertiary pediatric institution. Read More

JMIR Res Protoc 2021 Feb 22;10(2):e25619. Epub 2021 Feb 22.

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Background: In Canada, 30%-60% of patients presenting to emergency departments are ambulatory. This category has been labeled as a source of emergency department overuse. Acting on the presumption that primary care practices and walk-in clinics offer equivalent care at a lower cost, governments have invested massively in improving access to these alternative settings in the hope that patients would present there instead when possible, thereby reducing the load on emergency departments. Read More