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Objectives: To investigate the incidence of bacteremia during adenotonsillectomy and evaluate the possible relation between adenotonsillar and blood cultures.Methods: Sixty-seven consecutive patients were undergone tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy for recurrent acute tonsillitis (adenotonsillectomy in 54 and only tonsillectomy in 13). Blood cultures as well as tonsillar surface and deep tissue cultures were obtained from all patients before and five minutes after operation.Results: The positive blood cultures were seen in five patients who had undergone only adenotonsillectomy. Besides pathogen bacteria including S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae; alpha-hemolytic streptococcus as an oropharyngeal flora bacterium has been found to cause bacteremia.Conclusion: Antibiotic prophylaxis should be used in patients with risk factors due to the transient bacteremia.

In this study, we investigated the relationship between frequent upper airway infections and serum iron, ferritin levels and iron binding capacity. Study group who had 3 or more upper airway infections within last six months consisted of 43 patients (22 female and 21 male, average age 39±14) and control group of 30 patients (14 female and 16 male average age 43±13) with complaints of irrelevant etiology. Hemoglobulin, ferritin levels and iron binding capacity were detected. Serum iron levels were found to be significantly decreased in study group (p

Objectives:To evaluate and compare the efficacy of mometasone furoate and azelastine nasal sprays in allergic rhinitis.Materials and Methods:Ninety two patients with sneezing, nasal obstruction and rhinorrhea symptoms diagnosed as allergic rhinitis by physical examination, skin and blood test were included in this study. Forty-six patients (Group I) were treated with mometasone furoate, in the other forty-six patients (Group II) were treated with azelastine hydrochloride nasal sprays. The effect of administered treatment on sneezing, nasal congestion, concha edema and rhinorrhea were compared statistically.Results:60.8% (58 patients) of study group had perennial allergic rhinitis. The most common complaint of patients was nasal obstruction. Allergens were dust mite in 69 patients (75%). In the control of patients on the 5, 10 and 30th days, statistically significant improvement was observed in Group I versus Group II (p

This study assessed the adequacy of patient data entry in the context of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) in the Hospital Information Administration System. It was also aimed to study the adequacy and functionality of the ICD-10 coding in the current Turkish Otorhinolaryngology (ORL) practice in detail. The medical records of 1216 patients who presented to the ORL outpatient clinic between 2012 and 2013 were reviewed. Eight diagnostic codes used by the ORL department were selected from the patient diagnoses report to form patient lists. The accessibility of the ICD-10 codes was analyzed. The data was transferred into the MEdCalc 12.0 software package in a digital medium. The study data was analyzed using frequency tables, Chi-square test, and the two sided likelihood ratio test. Among the ICD-10 codes included in the study, the larynx malignant neoplasm diagnosis (C32.9) was recorded at a rate of 60% and had the greatest ratio of recorded medical history, followed by malignant disorders (C32.3) of the laryngeal cartilage, vertigo (R42) (12.4%) whereas facial asymmetry (Q67.0) (10.5%) had the lowest recorded medical history ratios. There was a significant difference between the recorded and unrecorded patient groups (p [Med-Science 2018; 7(4.000): 873-7]