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Pneumologie ; 69(10): 588-94, 2015 Oct.
Article in German | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26444134

ABSTRACT

Within the last years there has been significant progress in the field of chronic cough. So far, the analysis and evaluation of chronic cough was done mainly on the basis of subjective methods such as manual counts of cough events, questionnaires and diaries. Testing cough hypersensitivity and monitoring 24 h cough represent objective criteria. Validated questionnaires on cough frequency and quality of life represent the impact of chronic cough. Cough frequency monitoring, the preferred tool to objectively assess cough, should be used as primary end-point in clinical trials. It will also be possible to discriminate between productive and non-productive cough. The relationship with subjective measures of cough is weak. In the future, cough and its therapy should therefore be assessed with a combination of subjective and objective tools.


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Cough/diagnosis , Cough/therapy , Diagnostic Self Evaluation , Monitoring, Ambulatory/methods , Patient Outcome Assessment , Self Report , Chronic Disease , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Symptom Assessment/methods
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HNO ; 63(3): 164, 166-70, 2015 Mar.
Article in German | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25515121

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: The majority of standard interventions in otorhinolaryngology are classified as "clean contaminated" according to international classifications; correspondingly, no generally accepted recommendations regarding perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis (pAP) exist. The value of such pAP for these interventions remains unclear. Aim of the study was to assess the effects of pAP in selected standard otorhinolaryngologic procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In August 2012 a standard operating procedure (SOP) was implemented, which lead to termination of routine pAP for the majority of standard operations. All patients included in this retrospective study had undergone a standard procedure (tonsil, septum or paranasal sinus surgery) during a period either 6 months before or 6 months after the inauguration of the SOP. The charts were reviewed for demographic factors, postoperative complications and length of hospital stay. RESULTS: The group before the inauguration of the SOP consisted of 316 patients (132 female, 184 male), aged 30±20 years. The group after the inauguration comprised 308 patients (128 female, 180 male), aged 31±19 years. For the entire patient collective, the termination of pAP led to a statistically significant increase in postoperative antibiotic treatment for all types of interventions tested. A statistically significant change in noninflammatory complications or the length of hospital stay was not detected. DISCUSSION: The termination of pAP during standard procedures in otorhinolaryngology is associated with an increase in postoperative antibiotic treatment but has no effect on other postoperative complications tested or the length of hospital stay.


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Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage , Bacterial Infections/prevention & control , Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures/standards , Practice Guidelines as Topic , Premedication/standards , Surgical Wound Infection/prevention & control , Adult , Bacterial Infections/etiology , Female , Germany , Humans , Length of Stay , Male , Otolaryngology/standards , Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects , Perioperative Care/standards , Retrospective Studies , Surgical Wound Infection/etiology , Treatment Outcome
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