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Recovery of olfaction after sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis: A review
2019
Objective Investigation of the postoperative olfactory function after sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with and without polyps in a review. Data sources PubMed. Review methods A comprehensive literature search was conducted through June 2018 using relevant keywords. The titles/abstracts were reviewed to identify studies evaluating the sense of smell in CRS-patients pre- and postoperatively by either using the whole or parts of the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test or the Sniffin' Sticks test. Study characteristics and outcome data of the included studies were extracted. Results In total, 106 studies were retrieved. Twenty-four studies comprising 1,956 patien…
Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and reduced birth size: a prospective birth cohort study in Valencia, Spain
2010
Abstract Background Maternal exposure to air pollution has been related to fetal growth in a number of recent scientific studies. The objective of this study was to assess the association between exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and anthropometric measures at birth in a cohort in Valencia, Spain. Methods Seven hundred and eighty-five pregnant women and their singleton newborns participated in the study. Exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2) was estimated by means of land use regression. NO2 spatial estimations were adjusted to correspond to relevant pregnancy periods (whole pregnancy and trimesters) for each woman. Outcome variables were birth weight, length, and head circumf…
Factores de predicción de dosificación inadecuada de rivaroxabán utilizando la ecuación de CKD-EPI
2021
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