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BACKGROUND: Sepsis is associated with decreased levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. HDL has anti-inflammatory properties, and the use of Apo A-I mimetic peptides is associated with renal function improvement in animal models of sepsis. However, it is not known whether decreased HDL level results in impaired renal function in human sepsis. We investigated whether low levels of HDL conferred an increased risk of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (AKI) or long-term decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) after sepsis. METHODS: HDL concentration (mg dL-1 ) was measured in plasma samples from 180 patients with septic shock at admission to the Emergency Department (ED). We divided the patients using median HDL as a cut-off value and assessed the frequency of sepsis-associated AKI and long-term decreased eGFR after sepsis. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed. RESULTS: Patients with low HDL had a significantly greater frequency of KDIGO 2 or 3 sepsis-associated AKI [39/90 (43.3%) vs. 12/90 (13.3%), P < 0.001] and decreased long-term eGFR [24/58 (41.4%) vs. 11/57 (19.3%), P = 0.018] compared to those with high HDL. The adjusted OR for sepsis-associated AKI and decreased eGFR after sepsis in the lower HDL group was 2.80 (95% CI 1.08-7.25, P = 0.033) and 5.45 (95% CI 1.57-18.93, P = 0.008), respectively. CONCLUSION: Low HDL levels during sepsis are associated with increased risk of sepsis-associated AKI, and/or subsequent decreased eGFR. These results suggest that HDL may be involved and/or may be a marker of kidney injury during and after sepsis.
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Injúria Renal Aguda/etiologia , Choque Séptico/complicações , Injúria Renal Aguda/mortalidade , Injúria Renal Aguda/fisiopatologia , HDL-Colesterol/deficiência , Creatinina/metabolismo , Feminino , Seguimentos , Taxa de Filtração Glomerular/fisiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de Risco , Choque Séptico/mortalidade , Choque Séptico/fisiopatologiaRESUMO
The Centre for Data Linkage (CDL) was established at Curtin University, Western Australia, to develop infrastructure to enable cross-jurisdictional record linkage in Australia. The CDL's operating model makes use of the 'separation principle', with content data typically provided to researchers directly by the data custodian; jurisdictional linkage where available are used within the linkage process. Along with conducting record linkage, the team has also invested in establishing a research programme in record linkage methodology and in developing modern record linkage software which can handle the size and complexity of today's workloads. The Centre has been instrumental in the development of practical methods for privacy-preserving record linkage, with this methodology now regularly used for real-world linkages. While the promise of a nation-wide linkage system in Australia has yet to be met, distributed models provide a potential solution.
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INTRODUCTION: Available and practical methods for privacy preserving linkage have shortcomings: methods utilising anonymous linkage codes provide limited accuracy while methods based on Bloom filters have proven vulnerable to frequency-based attacks. OBJECTIVES: In this paper, we present and evaluate a novel protocol that aims to meld both the accuracy of the Bloom filter method with the privacy achievable through the anonymous linkage code methodology. METHODS: The protocol involves creating multiple match-keys for each record, with the composition of each match-key depending on attributes of the underlying datasets being compared. The protocol was evaluated through de-duplication of four administrative datasets and two synthetic datasets; the 'answers' outlining which records belonged to the same individual were known for each dataset. The results were compared against results achieved with un-encoded linkage and other privacy preserving techniques on the same datasets. RESULTS: The multiple match-key protocol presented here achieved high quality across all datasets, performing better than record-level Bloom filters and the SLK, but worse than field-level Bloom filters. CONCLUSION: The presented method provides high linkage quality while avoiding the frequency based attacks that have been demonstrated against the Bloom filter approach. The method appears promising for real world use.
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INTRODUCTION: The need for increased privacy protection in data linkage has driven the development of privacy-preserving record linkage (PPRL) techniques. A popular technique using Bloom filters with cryptographic analyses, modifications, and hashing variations to optimise privacy has been the focus of much research in this area. With few applications of Bloom filters within a probabilistic framework, there is limited information on whether approximate matches between Bloom filtered fields can improve linkage quality. OBJECTIVES: In this study, we evaluate the effectiveness of three approximate comparison methods for Bloom filters within the context of the Fellegi-Sunter model of recording linkage: Sørensen-Dice coefficient, Jaccard similarity and Hamming distance. METHODS: Using synthetic datasets with introduced errors to simulate datasets with a range of data quality and a large real-world administrative health dataset, the research estimated partial weight curves for converting similarity scores (for each approximate comparison method) to partial weights at both field and dataset level. Deduplication linkages were run on each dataset using these partial weight curves. This was to compare the resulting quality of the approximate comparison techniques with linkages using simple cut-off similarity values and only exact matching. RESULTS: Linkages using approximate comparisons produced significantly better quality results than those using exact comparisons only. Field level partial weight curves for a specific dataset produced the best quality results. The Sørensen-Dice coefficient and Jaccard similarity produced the most consistent results across a spectrum of synthetic and real-world datasets. CONCLUSION: The use of Bloom filter similarity comparisons for probabilistic record linkage can produce linkage quality results which are comparable to Jaro-Winkler string similarities with unencrypted linkages. Probabilistic linkages using Bloom filters benefit significantly from the use of similarity comparisons, with partial weight curves producing the best results, even when not optimised for that particular dataset.
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PURPOSE: Earlier detection of head and neck cancer recurrence may improve survival. We evaluated the ability of [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) to detect recurrence in a prospective trial using sequential PET scans. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Serial posttherapy FDG-PET was prospectively performed in 44 patients with stage III or IV head and neck cancer. PET was performed twice during the first posttreatment year (at 2 and 10 months after therapy) and thereafter as needed. After therapy, patients were grouped, based on tissue biopsies, into those who achieved a complete response (CR) and those who had residual disease (RD). Patients who achieved a CR were further grouped into those without evidence of disease and those who had recurrence by 1 year after completion of therapy. Disease status as determined by physical examination (PE), PET, and correlative imaging was compared. RESULTS: Eight patients were lost to follow-up and six had RD after therapy. Of the remaining 30 patients with a CR, 16 had recurrence in the first year after therapy. Five of these 16 patients had recurrence detected by PET only, four by PET and correlative imaging only, five by PE and PET only, and two by PE, correlative imaging, and PET. Only PET detected all recurrences in the first year. PET performed better than correlative imaging (P =.013) or PE (P =.002) in the detection of recurrence. CONCLUSION: PET can detect head and neck tumor recurrence when it may be undetectable by other clinical methods. FDG-PET permits highly accurate detection of head and neck cancer recurrence in the posttherapy period.
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Radioisótopos de Flúor , Fluordesoxiglucose F18 , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/diagnóstico por imagem , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/diagnóstico por imagem , Compostos Radiofarmacêuticos , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Biópsia por Agulha , Carboplatina/administração & dosagem , Reações Falso-Positivas , Seguimentos , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/patologia , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/terapia , Humanos , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/patologia , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/terapia , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Paclitaxel/administração & dosagem , Estudos Prospectivos , Terapia de Salvação , Tomografia Computadorizada de EmissãoRESUMO
Epidemiologic studies of depression have been difficult to interpret because of differing case definitions and variation in diagnostic procedures between studies. We review data from recent epidemiologic studies in which the new research diagnostic techniques were used. We have divided the data into studies of depressive symptoms, bipolar disorder, and nonbipolar depression. An effort is made to integrate the findings of older studies in light of this new classification. Using this classification, there is less variation in epidemiologic rates (point prevalence, incidence, and lifetime risk) than has been noted in previous reviews. Future directions of research are also discussed.
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Transtornos do Humor/epidemiologia , Transtorno Bipolar/diagnóstico , Transtorno Bipolar/epidemiologia , Depressão/psicologia , Transtorno Depressivo/diagnóstico , Transtorno Depressivo/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Transtornos Mentais/classificação , Transtornos do Humor/diagnóstico , Risco , Reino Unido , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Discrepancies between the symptoms of depression, as found in a self-report questionnaire (Center for Epidemiologic Studies--Depression Scale [CED-D]), and the diagnosis of major depression as made by the Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) occurred in a community survey. The discrepancies can be explained by the subject's psychiatric or medical disorders other than depression, by nay saying during the interview, or by the exclusion criteria of the RDC (duration of symptoms, role impairment, or help seeking) that are not part of the CES-D. Results show that the discrepancies can be readily explained.
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Transtorno Depressivo/diagnóstico , Inventário de Personalidade , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Adolescente , Adulto , Transtorno Depressivo/classificação , Transtorno Depressivo/epidemiologia , Estudos de Avaliação como Assunto , Reações Falso-Negativas , Reações Falso-Positivas , Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Humanos , Estudos Longitudinais , PsicometriaRESUMO
The diagnostic criteria of the third edition of the DSM-III often state that one diagnosis cannot be made if it is "due to" another disorder. Using data from the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule, with a sample of 11,519 subjects from a community population, we found that if two disorders were related to each other according to the DSM-III exclusion criteria, then the presence of a dominant disorder greatly increased the odds of having the excluded disorder. We also found that disorders, which DSM-III says are related to each other, were more strongly associated than disorders, which DSM-III says are unrelated. However, we also found there was a general tendency toward co-occurrence, so that the presence of any disorder increased the odds of having almost any other disorder, even if DSM-III does not list it as a related disorder. We concluded that empirical studies are needed to study the assumptions underlying the use of a diagnostic hierarchy.
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Manuais como Assunto/normas , Transtornos Mentais/diagnóstico , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Adulto , Idoso , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Transtornos Mentais/classificação , Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) , Estatística como Assunto , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The lifetime prevalence of specific DSM-III-defined psychiatric disorders among 1243 Mexican-American and 1309 non-Hispanic white residents of two Los Angeles communities is reported from the Los Angeles site of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) research study. Results from household interviews in response to the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule revealed overall rates of disorders for the total Los Angeles sample and ethnic subsamples that were similar to rates reported from the initial three ECA sites. Non-Hispanic whites reported far more drug abuse/dependence and more major depressive episodes than Mexican Americans. Young non-Hispanic white women reported high rates of major depressive episodes and drug abuse/dependence. Alcohol abuse/dependence is highly prevalent among Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white men of any age. Mexican-American women infrequently abuse or become dependent on drugs or alcohol at any age. Dysthymia, panic disorder, and phobia are somewhat more prevalent among Mexican-American women over 40 years of age compared with both non-Hispanic white women over and Mexican-American women under 40 years of age. Antisocial personality is predominantly a disorder of young men of both ethnic groups.
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Hispânico ou Latino , Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Transtorno da Personalidade Antissocial/diagnóstico , Transtorno da Personalidade Antissocial/epidemiologia , California , Área Programática de Saúde , Serviços Comunitários de Saúde Mental/provisão & distribuição , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde , Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Humanos , Masculino , Transtornos Mentais/diagnóstico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Fatores Sexuais , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/diagnóstico , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/epidemiologiaRESUMO
Several methods are used to minimize and measure error in the NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area program. Sampling methods involve the inclusion of group quarters such as prisons, nursing homes, and mental hospitals in the sample frame and the use of probability sampling throughout. Interviewing, methods include use of identical diagnostic interview protocols, centralized training of interview supervisors, standard instructions to interviewers, and reinterview of a subsample by clinicians. In the area of completion, the methods include a 75% to 80% respondent completion rate, a 95% or greater completion rate for individual questions, use of informant interviews where necessary, and statistical adjustments to correct for low completion rates in some subgroups. Analytic methods include use of a computerized diagnostic algorithm, common estimation formulas on identically formatted data files, and estimation of exact variances that take account of the multistage sample design.
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Área Programática de Saúde , Coleta de Dados/normas , Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia , Computadores , Coleta de Dados/métodos , Métodos Epidemiológicos , Hospitais Psiquiátricos , Humanos , Entrevistas como Assunto/métodos , Entrevistas como Assunto/normas , Manuais como Assunto/normas , Transtornos Mentais/diagnóstico , National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) , Casas de Saúde , Prisões , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Projetos de Pesquisa/normas , Inquéritos e Questionários , Estados UnidosRESUMO
One-month prevalence results were determined from 18,571 persons interviewed in the first-wave community samples of all five sites that constituted the National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program. US population estimates, based on combined site data, were that 15.4% of the population 18 years of age and over fulfilled criteria for at least one alcohol, drug abuse, or other mental disorder during the period one month before interview. Higher prevalence rates of most mental disorders were found among younger people (less than age 45 years), with the exception of severe cognitive impairments. Men had higher rates of substance abuse and antisocial personality, whereas women had higher rates of affective, anxiety, and somatization disorders. When restricted to the diagnostic categories covered in international studies based on the Present State Examination, results fell within the range reported for European and Australian studies.
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Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Austrália , Área Programática de Saúde , Comparação Transcultural , Estudos Transversais , Europa (Continente) , Feminino , Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Humanos , Masculino , Transtornos Mentais/diagnóstico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Periodicidade , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Fatores Sexuais , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Six-month prevalence rates for selected DSM-III psychiatric disorders are reported based on community surveys in New Haven, Conn, Baltimore, and St Louis. As part of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area program, data were gathered on more than 9,000 adults, employing the Diagnostic Interview Schedule to collect information to make a diagnosis. The most common disorders found were phobias, alcohol abuse and/or dependence, dysthymia, and major depression. The most common diagnoses for women were phobias and major depression, whereas for men, the most predominant disorder was alcohol abuse and/or dependence. Rates of psychiatric disorders dropped sharply after age 45 years.
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Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Área Programática de Saúde , Estudos Transversais , Coleta de Dados/métodos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Manuais como Assunto , Transtornos Mentais/diagnóstico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Fatores Sexuais , Fatores de Tempo , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The author reports the results of five studies of panic disorder undertaken as part of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). This program involves community samples in New Haven, Conn. (N = 5,034), Baltimore (N = 3,481), St. Louis (N = 3,004), Durham, N.C. (N = 3,921), and Los Angeles (N = 3,132). Diagnoses were based on the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule and DSM-III. Panic disorder led the list of disorders for which subjects in the five studies received ambulatory mental health services. Treatment rates for panic disorder were as high as or higher than those for somatization disorder, schizophrenia, and major affective disorders. Furthermore, panic attacks may have been the reason that many subjects with other disorders sought treatment.
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Assistência Ambulatorial/estatística & dados numéricos , Transtornos de Ansiedade/terapia , Serviços Comunitários de Saúde Mental/estatística & dados numéricos , Medo , Pânico , Transtornos de Ansiedade/diagnóstico , Área Programática de Saúde , Humanos , Transtornos Mentais/diagnóstico , Transtornos Mentais/terapia , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The authors applied seven different sets of diagnostic criteria for alcoholism to data obtained by using the Schedule of Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (SADS) in a community sample. They found that the different diagnostic schemes for alcoholism are hierarchical in the sense that some definitions identify smaller groups of subjects as alcoholic than do other definitions. This study illustrates a potentially useful empirical approach to comparing diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders in epidemiologic or clinical studies.
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Alcoolismo/diagnóstico , Adulto , Idoso , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas , Alcoolismo/epidemiologia , Estudos Transversais , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Data from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program, an epidemiologic survey of five communities, showed that four major disorders commonly begin in late adolescence or young adulthood. The median age at onset for anxiety disorders is 15 years; for major depressive episode, 24 years; for drug abuse or dependence, 19 years; and for alcohol abuse or dependence, 21 years. Findings also suggest that for respondents 18-30 years old, having a major depressive episode or anxiety disorder doubles the risk for later drug abuse or dependence.
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Transtornos de Ansiedade/complicações , Transtorno Depressivo/complicações , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/complicações , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Transtornos de Ansiedade/epidemiologia , Transtorno Depressivo/epidemiologia , Humanos , Fatores de Risco , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/epidemiologia , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The authors have developed the Alcohol Poly-Diagnostic Interview, which permits the operationalization of the 10 leading definitions of alcoholism used in the United States and Europe. In a pilot study of 23 patients in an outpatient alcohol treatment facility, all patients were identified as alcoholic by seven of the diagnostic schemes; the other three diagnostic schemes identified at least 78% of the patients as alcoholic. The authors also found that the Diagnostic Interview Schedule was sensitive to the diagnosis of alcoholism among treated patients. This approach should facilitate further research into the relationship among various definitions of alcoholism and studies of their validity.
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Alcoolismo/diagnóstico , Adulto , Idoso , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas , Alcoolismo/psicologia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Entrevista Psicológica , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Projetos Piloto , Testes PsicológicosRESUMO
The birthweights of 450 schizophrenic patients born in 1971-1978 were compared with those of individually matched controls from the same birth cohort. Schizophrenics born in the second quarter of the year (April to June) had a significantly lower birthweight than their controls and this was not attributable to differences in the duration of gestation. Analogous proband/control differences were not found in 301 patients with affective psychoses, but there was a similar, much smaller, seasonal fluctuation in birthweight in the general population. These findings may be a clue both to the genesis of the "season of birth effect" and to the identity of the intrauterine influences contributing to the aetiology of schizophrenia. Folate deficiency may be implicated.
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Peso ao Nascer , Esquizofrenia/epidemiologia , Estações do Ano , Adulto , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Modelos Lineares , Masculino , Análise por Pareamento , Análise Multivariada , Escócia/epidemiologiaRESUMO
Studies investigating the association between the risk of schizophrenia and season of birth are reviewed and the association clearly established. This association cannot be explained on the basis of age-incidence or age-prevalence artifacts. Other studies suggest there may be an association between bipolar disorder and season of birth. The leading theory in explaining the season of birth phenomenon is that a seasonal factor (such as viral infection, malnutrition, vitamin deficiency, prenatal or obstetrical complications, or ambient temperature) can damage an infant's brain and thereby predispose the child to later development of psychosis. Evidence suggests that the seasonal effect is associated with a subgroup of schizophrenics who have early onset of psychosis, less genetic loading than other schizophrenics, and better prognosis. Case-control studies are needed comparing winterborn to nonwinter-born schizophrenics.
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Transtorno Bipolar/etiologia , Esquizofrenia/etiologia , Estações do Ano , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Transtorno Bipolar/diagnóstico , Dano Encefálico Crônico/complicações , Fertilização , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Risco , Esquizofrenia/diagnóstico , Esquizofrenia/genética , Classe Social , Estatística como AssuntoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The expression of p53 protein has been reported to be in the range of 35% to 67% in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Mutations of the gene for p53 protein have been associated with rapidly proliferating tumors, and p53 protein expression has been shown to be a significant predictor of worse survival in surgically resected HNSCC. To determine whether p53 protein expression in advanced (stages III and IV) HNSCC has any impact on tumor response to 2 to 3 courses of paclitaxel (Taxol) and carboplatin, we prospectively studied prechemotherapy specimens from patients with previously untreated, advanced-stage HNSCC. We also attempted to study residual tumors after chemotherapy to determine if the p53 status of the tumor changed. DESIGN: The expression of p53 protein was evaluated by immunohistochemical analysis (clone BP53-12-1; Bio-Genex, San Ramon, Calif). SETTING: Tertiary university medical center. INTERVENTION: Two to 3 courses of chemotherapy with paclitaxel and carboplatin. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Pathologic complete remission or residual tumor. RESULTS: The results of p53 immunostaining were positive in 24 (67%) of 36 HNSCC specimens before chemotherapy. After chemotherapy, 8 patients achieved pathologic complete remission. Before chemotherapy, the tumor was p53 negative in 2 patients and positive in 6 patients. CONCLUSIONS: No correlation of p53 protein expression with response to chemotherapy was noted. The expression of p53 protein converted from positive to negative in 5 (42%) of 12 specimens from patients with residual tumor after chemotherapy, with no impact on clinical outcome.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/química , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/química , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/tratamento farmacológico , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/metabolismo , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Carboplatina/administração & dosagem , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Esquema de Medicação , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/patologia , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mutação , Neoplasia Residual , Paclitaxel/administração & dosagem , Estudos Retrospectivos , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/genéticaRESUMO
Chronic maxillary sinusitis may present as atelectasis of the sinus with changes to surrounding structures. Several mechanisms have been proposed for this problem. Chronic obstruction of the sinus ostium, with resultant retention of secretions and osteitic bone resorption, may account for these changes. Enophthalmos is one manifestation that may require corrective treatment. Titanium micromesh reconstruction of the orbital floor, with or without onlay concha cartilage, has reliably resolved the enophthalmos. Reconstruction of the orbital floor and ventilation of the obstructed sinus ostium may be carried out relatively safely in a single operation. The standard endoscopic technique of uncinate removal and middle meatal antrostomy should be modified to prevent orbital penetration. This report reviews our series of 6 patients with this problem, as well as a comprehensive review of the literature. Recommendations for management of both the obstruction and the secondary orbital manifestations are presented.