[Sulpiride as initial treatment in tinnitus retraining therapy]. / Sulpirida como tratamiento de inicio en la terapia de rehabilitación del acúfeno.

UNLABELLED: With this study we try to find out the interaction of sulpiride in tinnitus pathology. This, could help us to control better the tinnitus through tinnitus retraining therapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A hundred patients with tinnitus were divided into two groups of 50. Fifty milligrams of sulpiride or placebo were administered for three months, three time per day, with monthly controls. Clinical response, audiometry, tympanometry and acufenometry were registered. RESULTS: In the first month of treatment, only 58% of patients treated with sulpiride improved, and 17% of those treated with placebo, with statistical significance. In the second month, 41% and 20% respectively, and in the third month, 42% and 17% respectively. CONCLUSION: In patients with tinnitus, treatment with sulpiride has improved more than half of them in the first month of treatment. This time is crucial to begin tinnitus retraining therapy and to obtain a greater efficacy.

Sulpirida como tratamiento de inicio en la terapia de rehabilitación del acúfeno / Sulpiride as initial treatment in tinnitus retraining therapy

Pretendemos con este estudio conocer la interacción de un medicamento como la sulpirida en la patología del acúfeno. Esto nos ayudaría a controlar mejor su terapia de rehabilitación. Material y métodos: Los pacientes con acúfenos fueron 100, divididos en dos grupos de 50 de forma aleatoria según su llegada a la consulta. Se les administró 50 mg de sulpirida o placebo cada 8 horas durante tres meses, con controles mensuales. Se registraron la respuesta clínica, la audiometría tonal, timpanometría y acufenometría. Resultados: Durante el primer mes de tratamiento se obtuvo un 58 por ciento de mejoría en los pacientes tratados con sulpirida y un 17 por ciento en los pacientes con placebo, con significación estadística. Durante el segundo mes de tratamiento se obtuvo el 41 por ciento y 20 por ciento respectivamente. Y durante el tercer mes los resultados fueron del 42 por ciento y 17 por ciento, respectivamente. Conclusión: En pacientes con acúfenos de larga evolución el tratamiento medicamentoso con sulpirida ha conseguido mejorar a más de la mitad de los casos durante el primer mes de terapia. Tiempo crucial para que el comienzo de la terapia de rehabilitación del acúfeno resulte más efectivo (AU)

With this study we try to find out the interaction of sulpiride in tinnitus pathology. This, could help us to control better the tinnitus through tinnitus retraining therapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A hundred patients with tinnitus were divided into two groups of 50. Fifty milligrams of sulpiride or placebo were administered for three months, three time per day, with monthly controls. Clinical response, audiometry, tympanometry and acufenometry were registered. RESULTS: In the first month of treatment, only 58% of patients treated with sulpiride improved, and 17% of those treated with placebo, with statistical significance. In the second month, 41% and 20% respectively, and in the third month, 42% and 17% respectively. CONCLUSION: In patients with tinnitus, treatment with sulpiride has improved more than half of them in the first month of treatment. This time is crucial to begin tinnitus retraining therapy and to obtain a greater efficacy (AU)

Relación de la faringitis crónica con la amigdalectomía mediante estudio microbiológico de cavum / Relationship between chronic pharyngitis and tonsillectomy through microbiological study of cavum

La faringitis crónica es un proceso frecuente y de tratamiento tedioso. Se ha querido poner la faringitis crónica en relación con la intervención quirúrgica de la amigdalectomía. Este estudio consta de un total de 224 pacientes con faringitis crónica, de ellos, 55 amigdalectomizados y 169 no amigdalectomizados. Se ha realizado cultivo microbiológico de cavum en las diferentes estaciones climatológicas. Los gérmenes más frecuentes aislados han sido el Staphylococcus aureus, Corynebacterium sp y Aspergillus. El intervalo de tiempo entre la amigdalectomía y el estudio ha sido de más de 17 años. No se ha encontrado ninguna relación entre la faringitis crónica y la amigdalectomía, considerando los tipos de gérmenes, la estación climatológica anual, el número de gérmenes aislados por cultivo, la tinción de Gram y la edad de los pacientes (AU)

Chronic pharyngitis is an usual process with difficult treatment. It has been related to tonsillectomy. This study collected 224 patients suffering from chronic pharyngitis, 55 tonsillectomies and 169 without operation. Bacteriological culture was done from nasopharynx in the different seasons. Microorganisms more frequent were Staphylococcus aureus, Corynebacterium sp and Aspergillus. The time between the tonsillectomy and this study has been of more than 17 years. No relationship has been found between chronic pharyngitis and tonsillectomy, considering types of microorganisms, seasons, numbers of microorganisms isolated per culture, Gram stain, and age of the patients (AU)

[Analysis of the relationship between chronic pharyngitis and tonsillectomy with the microbiologic study of the cavum]. / Relación de la faringitis crónica con la amigdalectomía mediante estudio microbiológico de cavum.

Chronic pharyngitis is an usual process with difficult treatment. It has been related to tonsillectomy. This study collected 224 patients suffering from chronic pharyngitis, 55 tonsillectomies and 169 without operation. Bacteriological culture was done from nasopharynx in the different seasons. Microorganisms more frequent were Staphylococcus aureus, Corynebacterium sp and Aspergillus. The time between the tonsillectomy and this study has been of more than 17 years. No relationship has been found between chronic pharyngitis and tonsillectomy, considering types of microorganisms, seasons, numbers of microorganisms isolated per culture, Gram stain, and age of the patients.