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The lyon clinical olfactory test: validation and measurement of hyposmia and anosmia in healthy and diseased populations.
2011
; International audience; The LCOT is a self-administered test designed to assess olfactory deficits. Altogether, 525 subjects contributed to the validation. Elderly participants were well represented in this sample. In a validation study (study 1), 407 healthy and 17 anosmic volunteers between 15 and 91 years of age underwent threshold, supraliminal detection, and identification testing. Cutoff values for normosmia and hyposmia were calculated and applied in a second study in a group of patients with smell complaints and in a group of Alzheimer patients with age-matched controls. Incidence of smell deficit was estimated at 5.6% in the healthy population of study 1, and at 16% in the elder…
Detection of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma in a context of acrokeratosis paraneoplastica: Case report
2018
Background: Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica is an infrequent paraneoplastic disease in which cutaneous lesions appear and develop in a context of an underlying malignancy. Upper aerodigestive tract carcinomas are the most common neoplasias associated with this syndrome. The aim of this report is to raise awareness of this syndrome, since the recognition of the skin lesions could allow suspicion and diagnosis of the underlying neck malignancy at an early curable stage. Methods: We report a case of a 62-year-old life-long smoking male who presented a several months evolution of multiple skin lesions, affecting both ear lobes, hands and feet. He was referred for appropriate diagnosis and treatme…
Vocal Tract Discomfort Scale (VTDS) and Voice Symptom Scale (VoiSS) in the early identification of Italian teachers with voice disorders
2019
Abstract Introduction The current Italian law does not include any guidance regarding voice education, prevention of voice disorders and screening in subjects with high vocal loading such as teachers. Objectives We aimed to check the correlation between the Vocal Tract Discomfort Scale (VTDS) with the Voice Symptom Scale (VoiSS) for the evaluation of Italian teachers. In addition, we aimed to investigate whether there are differences in the frequency and intensity of discomfort symptoms in teachers with disabilities comparing vocal tract discomfort symptoms in teachers with high risk (HRVD) and low risk (LRVD) of vocal disorders according to the VoiSS cutoff (> 15.5). Methods We analyzed…
Cortisol suppression and hearing thresholds in tinnitus after low-dose dexamethasone challenge
2012
Abstract Background Tinnitus is a frequent, debilitating hearing disorder associated with severe emotional and psychological suffering. Although a link between stress and tinnitus has been widely recognized, the empirical evidence is scant. Our aims were to test for dysregulation of the stress-related hypothalamus-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis in tinnitus and to examine ear sensitivity variations with cortisol manipulation. Methods Twenty-one tinnitus participants and 21 controls comparable in age, education, and overall health status but without tinnitus underwent basal cortisol assessments on three non-consecutive days and took 0.5 mg of dexamethasone (DEX) at 23:00 on the first day. Corti…
Surgical Management of Retraction Pockets: Does Mastoidectomy have a Role?
2021
Abstract Introduction Retraction pocket is a condition in which the eardrum lies deeper within the middle ear. Its management has no consensus in literature. Objective To assess the role of mastoidectomy in the management of retraction pockets added to a tympanoplasty. Methods Prospective study of patients with retraction pocket and referred to surgery. The patients were randomly assigned to two groups: one managed with tympanoplasty and mastoidectomy and the other group with tympanoplasty only. The minimum follow-up considered was 12 months. The outcomes were: integrity of eardrum, recurrence, and hearing status. Results This study included 43 patients. In 24 cases retraction occurred in t…
Optimization of the Speech Test Material in a Group of Hearing Impaired Subjects: A Feasibility Study for Multilingual Digit Triplet Test Development
2021
Background: The development of the global digit-in-noise test requires optimization of each language version on a group of normal-hearing native-speakers. An alternative solution may be an adaptive optimization during ongoing tests in a group of subjects with unknown hearing impairments. The objective of the research was to compare the optimization results between these groups. Methods: Digit triplets consisting of three pseudo-randomly selected digits were presented in speech-shaped noise at various signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs), according to the protocol of the final speech test. Digit-specific and position-specific speech reception thresholds (SRTs) were determined and compared between g…
Aproximación sintética a aminoalcoholes y aminoácidos quirales por reacciones de ciclocarbamación de derivados de L-Serina
2004
El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo la síntesis estereoselectiva de oxazinonas y oxazolidinonas quirales a partir del aminoácido natural L-Serina, estos heterociclos constituyen formas protegidas cuya posterior ruptura en condiciones suaves permite obtener aminodioles y aminoácidos con configuración definida. La obtención de oxazinonas y oxazolidinonas quirales se realizo por reacciones de ciclocarbamación de carbamatos alilicos y apertura de epoxidos de carbamatos alilicos. Como muestra de la viabilidad de estos substratos para la obtención de aminodioles y aminoácidos quirales. Se sintetizo los aminodioles quirales (2R,4S)-2-aminopentano-1,4-diol, (1S,3R)-3-amino-1-fenilbutano-1,4-dio…
Compuestos nitrogenados fluorados:síntesis y reactividad.
2004
La Tesis Doctoral se divide en tres capítulos distribuidos en introducción, objetivos, antecedentes bibliográficos, resultados y parte experimental.Capítulo 1. Consta de dos partes bien diferenciadas:En la primera se aborda la síntesis de oxazolidinonas fluoradas; para ello se emplean cloruros de imidoílo fluorados como compuestos de partida, los cuales a través de los compuestos intermedios b-aminosulfóxido y b-aminoalcohol quiral, conducen a las oxazolidinonas fluoradas primer objetivo de este capítulo. 11En la segunda parte, se estudia la reactividad y diastereoselectividad de una de las oxazolidinonas fluoradas quirales como auxiliar quiral en comparación con la oxazolidinona descrita p…
Estudios en triazoloazinas : síntesis de ligando polinitrogenados.
2005
En la primera parte de esta tesis se llevo a cabo un estudio de la síntesis y reactividad de [1,2,3]traizolo[1,5-c]piridimidina. El método más eficaz para la síntesis de la [1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-c]pirimidina es la reacción del dimetilacetal del 4-pirimidincarboxaldehido con hidrazina hidratada y posterior oxidación de la correspondiente hidrazona con dióxido de manganeso. La [1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-c]pirimidina es un compuesto inestable y en estado sólido a temperatura ambiente se transforma lentamente en el hidrato 4-(2-formamidovinil)triazol. La trasformación es mucho más rápida en presencia de trazas de agua. Cuando se llevo a cabo las reacciones de la [1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-c]pirimidina con dife…
Estudio de reacciones de acoplamiento en [1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]piridinas. Ariltriazolopiridinas.
2006
En las últimas décadas han surgido una gran cantidad de métodos catalíticos para formar biarilos a partir de precursores monoarilos. La formación de enlaces carbono-carbono vía acoplamiento de reactivos organometálicos con haluros orgánicos o triflatos catalizado por metales de transición se ha convertido en una importante metodología de síntesis. En la actualidad, las reacciones de acoplamiento cruzado (cross-coupling), son una estrategia ampliamente generalizada para la obtención de sistemas de tipo biarilo. En el caso de las triazolopiridinas no existían ejemplos de reacciones de acoplamiento. Basándonos en la literatura descrita se decidió la aplicación de las metodologías de acoplamien…