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SECA responds to its commitment to society with recommendations to ensure quality of healthcare and patient safety in the COVID-19 Era.<br /><br />SECA responds to its commitment to society with recommendations to ensure quality of healthcare and patient safety in the COVID-19 Era.<br /><br /> The end point of treatment in skull base osteomyelitis is a matter of debate. A treatment based on symptoms alone is fraught with recurrence. There is a need to restrict imaging though more informative. The inflammatory markers like C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate used commonly need a detailed evaluation to optimize its utility.<br /><br /> To compare the diagnostic accuracy of inflammatory markers with a hybrid PET scan in monitoring skull base osteomyelitis. The secondary objective was to obtain a cut-off value of these markers to decide upon antibiotic termination.<br /><br /> A prospective cohort study was conducted in a tertiary care center with fifty-one patients with skull base osteomyelitis meeting eligibility criteria. Patients diagnosed with skull base osteomyelitis were serially monitored with weekly markers and PET scan after the initiation of treatment. A hybrid scan was taken at 6-8 weeks of treatment and repeated if required. The follow-up period varied from 6 weeks to 15 months. The outcomrocyte sedimentation rate for 8-12 weeks in an asymptomatic patient may be an indicator of disease control, though not cure. So, relying solely on markers alone for antibiotic termination may cause relapse. [https://www.selleckchem.com/products/halofuginone.html this website] It may be used cautiously in a peripheral setting without access to more specific hybrid scans. In a tertiary care, follow-up scans may be done based on the titres, thereby limiting the radiation exposure.<br /><br /> The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of 2 surgical treatment options one for correction of class II malocclusion skeletal deformity and one for pre-existing temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders requiring orthognathic surgery (OS) for correction of dentofacial deformity.<br /><br /> This retrospective study evaluated patients who underwent OS with maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) with or without concomitant TMJ surgery for articular disk repositioning (ADR). Patients were divided into 2 groups group I (MMA) was treated with OS only (18 patients); and group II (MMA-ADR) was treated with OS and concomitant ADR (19 patients). The sample consisted of 74 TMJs (mean patient age 29.86 years).<br /><br /> In group I, 38.5% of the disks that were originally in normal position became displaced after OS, and 33.3% of displaced disks with reduction became nonreducing after OS. In group II, 78.9% of disks exhibited normal position in the final evaluation, and 97.3% of patients showed improved disk position after surgery. There was significant symptom improvement in all patients in group II, but no significant improvement in group I.<br /><br /> OS with ADR appears to produce stable and beneficial results in improving symptoms in patients with displaced disk and TMJ pain.<br /><br />OS with ADR appears to produce stable and beneficial results in improving symptoms in patients with displaced disk and TMJ pain.<br /><br /> The aim of this study is to validate the Voice Handicap Index 10, to be implemented on the Portuguese population.<br /><br /> Fourty-five subjects were included on the study with vocal complaints and 45 subjects with no vocal complaints, followed on Otorhinolaryngology external appointment at Centro Hospitalar Universitário of Porto. The Voice Handicap Index 30 (VHI-30) and The Voice Handicap Index 10 (VHI-10) questionnaires were applied to the subjects by phone call. Posteriorly, VHI-10 was again applied in the next two to seven days after the first call. These procedures helped validating VHI-10 according to its reproducibility, internal consistency and correlation between questionnaires.<br /><br /> In the group with vocal complaints, we verified a significant statistical correlation and a strong linear correlation between VHI-30 and VHI-10 (r=0.915; P&lt; 0.001). The group without vocal complaints has shown a significant statistical correlation and a moderate linear correlation between VHI-30 and VHI-10 (r=0.647; P&lt; 0.001). Regarding VHI-10, It was detected a significant statistical difference between patients with and without vocal complaints.<br /><br /> VHI-10 in Portuguese of Portugal was applied to a sample that included, not only subjects with different ages, but also subjects with and without vocal complaints. Among patients with vocal complaints, it was included subjects with different diagnosis (organic and functional pathology). Thus, the sample was representative, and VHI-10 was reliable and reproducible.<br /><br /> VHI-10 is a valid representation of VHI-30 that helps evaluate the impact of vocal complaints on life quality, with proven psychometric properties to be implemented on the Portuguese population.<br /><br />VHI-10 is a valid representation of VHI-30 that helps evaluate the impact of vocal complaints on life quality, with proven psychometric properties to be implemented on the Portuguese population.<br /><br /> Pregnancy-related anxiety is quite frequent during pregnancy after perinatal loss, and it is likely to cause negative effects on the mother and the foetus. amongst independent nursing practices, progressive muscle relaxation exercises are considered to be one of alternative treatment methods to relax pregnant women physically and psychologically.<br /><br /> The aim of this study is to examine the effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercises on the pregnancy-related anxiety levels of pregnant women who have experienced a perinatal loss.<br /><br /> One hundred and four pregnant women who had experienced a perinatal loss were randomly assigned to an intervention group (n=31) or a control group (n=33) and participated in a 12-week trial. The intervention group received training on progressive muscle relaxation exercises, while the control group was provided only with routine healthcare services. The Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire-R2 was used to evaluate the level of pregnancy-related anxiety.<br /><br /> The intervention group showed improvement in comparison to the control group at the end of the intervention. After the intervention, the measured levels of "pregnancy related anxiety", "fear of giving birth", and "worries about bearing a handicapped child" significantly decreased in the intervention group compared to the pre-intervention levels and the control group, and the difference between the groups was statistically significant (p&lt;0.001, p&lt;0.001, and p&lt;0.001, respectively). However, there were no significant differences in the levels of concern about own appearance between the groups after the intervention (p&gt;0.05).<br /><br /> According to the results of the study, progressive muscle relaxation led to a decrease in the pregnancy-related anxiety levels of the pregnant women who had experienced a perinatal loss.<br /><br />According to the results of the study, progressive muscle relaxation led to a decrease in the pregnancy-related anxiety levels of the pregnant women who had experienced a perinatal loss.