PubMed Health⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

E Porras Alonso

Publications and source records attributed to E Porras Alonso.

7 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed2003

[Esophageal foreign bodies. Our ten years of experience].

OBJECTIVE: To study the management of esophageal foreign bodies. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective study was made of all rigid esophagoscopies performed for suspected foreign bodies in the esophagus by an otolaryngology department for ten years. RESULTS: Rigid esophagoscopy was performed for suspected foreign bodies in 46 patients (27 females, 19 males); age range 22 months to 88 years. In 40 cases an impacted foreign body was found. The most frequent location was the upper third of the esophagus (33/82.5%). The most common type of foreign body was chicken bones in adults (17/42) and coins in children (2/4). Nine patients (all adults) had complications. CONCLUSIONS: Due to its low cost and morbility, flexible endoscopy is the first choice for managing esophageal foreign bodies. Rigid esophagoscopy is still an appropriate technique when flexible endoscopy fails or it is not possible.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2002

Laryngeal tuberculosis.

Laryngeal tuberculosis is the most frequent granulomatous disease of the larynx. The disease has changed its behaviour with regard to average age of onset site and type of lesion. Laryngeal tuberculosis is usually secondary to, or at least contemporary with, pulmonary tuberculosis. Other recents studies, however, conclude by accepting a frequency of up to 20% for primary laryngeal tuberculosis. The age of presentation is between 41-50 years. Among the risk factors identified are the consumption of tobacco, alcohol, malnutrition and immunodeficiency. The predominant symptom was dysphonia (90%) either in isolation or accompanied by odynophagia (45%). Today, the ulcero-infiltrative lesions which predominantly affected the posterior larynx are not observed. At the present time the macroscopic appearance corresponds to a diffuse oedema or to a pseudo-tumoral image located in any zone. Any non-specific chronic laryngitis of poor evolution should lead us to suspect a laryngeal tuberculosis.

Adult↗
PubMed2001

[Usefulness of brain stem auditory evoked potentials].

The neonates, children under 4 years and patients with central nervous system pathology are a population that need a screening test to estimate the hearing threshold. ABR-test (auditory brainstem response) is a viable and effective tool for identification a hearing impairment.

Central Nervous System Diseases↗
PubMed2000

[Multiple primaries of the upper aerodigestive tract, esophagus, and lung].

The existence of multiple primary tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract, esophagus, and lung (UADT-E-L) is related with a common etiopathogenic factor (alcohol-tobacco association). In a review of 43 patients, 6.75% with a UADT-E-L tumor developed another neoplasm, 3.25% at the same site. Nine percent (8.59%) of the tumors were synchronic and 10.85% were metachronic. The most frequent association was larynx-lung. Another neoplasm was detected by physical examination and/or radiology in 44.18% of cases, with a time lapse of less than 3 years in 50%. The most frequent treatment was surgery with/without complementary radiotherapy. The most common stage was T1-T2 (62.06%) and N0-N1 (68.96%). The survival rate was 31% at 2 years and 25% at 3 years.

Adult↗
PubMed2000

[Vertigo in the elderly: otorhinolaryngologic approach].

Dizziness is a common but little understood ailment of old people. Its presence is the origin of an important incapacity associated with lack of personal autonomy. Clinical and electronystagmographic findings of aging individuals enduring imbalance and coming to our Department allowed us to accept that those cases in which the cause could be identified it was on clinic data, being of scarce utility the other exams done.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1999

[Auditory brain stem response and child attention deficit hyperactivity disorder].

Diagnostic audiological test performed in two children showed remarkable differences between the results of behavioral audiometry and those of auditory evoked response audiometry. The results of neuropsychological evaluation showed attention disorders. It is possible that a response desynchronisation in the auditory pathway may exist in these disorders. Interpretation of ABR findings can be problematic in children with learning disabilities or minimal cerebral dysfunction.

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity↗