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Disturbi dell’equilibrio nell’anziano: inquadramento diagnostico e diagnosi differenziale
No full textOccipital Headache and septicemia. An unusual case of isolated sphenoid sinusitis
No full textIsolated sphenoid sinusitis is a rare disease with potential devastating complications such as cranial nerve involvement, brain abscess, and meningitis. We report a case of unilateral sphenoid sinusitis presenting as persistent occipital headache and septicemia
Head and neck cancer patients: impact of diabetes mellitus on surgical outcomes
No full textCancer patients with significant comorbidities undergoing major surgical intervention are at high risk for peri/postoperative complications and a prolonged hospital stay. Diabetes mellitus is a prevalent chronic metabolic disease, reported to affect surgery outcomes of malignancies. The purpose of this article was to evaluate the impact of diabetes mellitus on the development of local and systemic complications as well as the length of the hospital stay, after major surgery for Head and Neck (H&N) cancer.Purpose: Cancer patients with significant comorbidities undergoing major surgical intervention are at high risk for peri/postoperative complications and a prolonged hospital stay. Diabetes mellitus is a prevalent chronic metabolic disease, reported to affect surgery outcomes of malignancies. The purpose of this article was to evaluate the impact of diabetes mellitus on the development of local and systemic complications as well as the length of the hospital stay, after major surgery for Head and Neck (H&.N) cancer. Methods: A total of 168 patients suffering from H&N cancer, surgically treated between 2004 and 2013 at our ENT Department, were included. Clinical records were examined, particularly focusing on the onset of local and systemic complications and on the length of the hospital stay. The subjects considered as diabetics were the ones with a history of physician-diagnosed diabetes or those who were taking oral hypoglycemic drugs or insulin. For those without a diagnosis of diabe..
Facteurs de risque cardiovasculaire et surdité brusque: étude rétrospective sur une série de 141 patients.
No full textDans cette étude rétrospective, les auteurs ont évalué les aspects épidémiologiques et pronostiques des principaux facteurs de risque cardiovasculaire chez un groupe de Patients porteurs d'une surdité brusque
Profil clinique, audiologique et neuro-radiologique dans le syndome de l'aqueduc du vestibule dilaté: analyse rétrospective d'une série limite de 14 patients
No full textLa dilatation de l'aqueduc du vestibule est une malformation congenitale souvent responsable d'hypoacusie neurosensorielle, unilaterale ou bilaterale, a evolution progressive, souvent fluctuante ou a manifestation soudaine, secondaire a un traumatisme cranien mineur ou a des activités qui comportent une variation de la pression du liquide cérébrospinale. But de l'étude est l'analyse des aspects cliniques, audiologiques et neuroradiologiques de cette anomalie
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
The impact of dizziness on quality-of-life in the elderly
No full textDizziness is a common medical condition that has been related to falls in the elderly, and it is, therefore, considered a severe social health problem. Particularly in the elderly, the impact of dizziness may be relevant, as it has been linked to several conditions, such as isolation, depression, reduced self autonomy, and self control. The social, functional, and psychological well-being of those affected can be hampered significantly, thus reducing the quality-of-life (QoL) perception. In addition, due to the aging of the population in the developed world, dizziness is becoming a growing public health problem; an optimal management of this condition includes, nowadays, the improvement of rehabilitative programs, as well as the evaluation of QoL status and its management. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of dizziness on the QoL in the elderly, also analyzing the instruments available, nowadays, to evaluate QoL of dizzy patients
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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