Yazar "Surenoglu, Unzile Akpinar" seçeneğine göre listele

Listeleniyor 1 - 2 / 2
  • Küçük Resim Yok
    Öğe
    Is there any correlation between the results of skin-prick test and the severity of symptoms in allergic rhinitis?
    (Ocean Side Publications Inc, 2012) Tatar, Emel Cadalli; Surenoglu, Unzile Akpinar; Saylam, Guleser; Isik, Eray; Ozdek, Ali; Korkmaz, Hakan
    Background: This study was designed to determine whether there is any correlation between results of the skin-prick test and the severity of symptoms in allergic rhinitis. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 150 patients with persistent or intermittent allergic rhinitis confirmed by positive skin tests and scaled from 1 to 4 according to the size of the wheal. The symptoms including sneezing, nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea, and nasal itching were ranked according to their severity (0 for no symptoms, 1 for mild, 2 for moderate, and 3 for severe). We investigated the correlation between the skin tests' positivity and symptoms score, rhinoconjunctivitis quality-of-life questionnaire (RQLQ), and visual analog scale (VAS) scores. Results: Of the 150 patients, 98 had persistent and 52 had intermittent allergic rhinitis. Some patients had multiple allergen sensitivity. Each skin test group was compared with respect to symptom scores, RQLQ, or VAS scores. There was no statistically significant correlation between the size of the wheal and symptoms score, RQLQ, or VAS scores. There was also no correlation between the type of allergen and symptoms score. Conclusion: The skin-prick test can be applied to support the diagnosis of allergic rhinitis, but one can not predict the severity of illness by stratifying the size of the skin-prick test result. (Am J Rhinol Allergy 26, e37-e39, 2012; doi: 10.2500/ajra.2012.26.3750)
  • Küçük Resim Yok
    Öğe
    Postviral Vagal Neuropathy: What Is the Role of Laryngeal Electromyography in Improving Diagnostic Accuracy?
    (Mosby-Elsevier, 2015) Tatar, Emel Cadalli; Ocal, Bulent; Korkmaz, Hakan; Unlu, Ece; Surenoglu, Unzile Akpinar; Saylam, Guleser; Ozdek, Ali
    Objectives. To investigate the convenience of laryngeal electromyography (EMG) findings in patients with chronic cough thought to be postviral vagal neuropathy (PVVN) with the clinical symptoms. Study Design. Prospective cohort study. Methods. We applied PVVN questionnaire and chronic cough quality of life (QoL) questionnaire, which is for determining the effect of chronic cough on the QoL, to 20 chronic cough applicants who has no explanatory cause in differential diagnosis. We also carried out videolaryngostroboscopy (VLS) and laryngeal needle EMG in these patients. Results. The mean duration of persisting cough was 1.875 months (SD +/- 0.825). The overall mean symptom score of chronic cough questionnaire was 58.80 (SD +/- 9.89). There was a significant positive correlation between total EMG score and chronic cough score (Spearman r, 0.489, P < 0.05). The correlation between VLS findings and either chronic cough scores or EMG scores did not reach statistical significance. Conclusions. Cranial nerves might be affected by inflammatory processes as occur in the PVVN, which must be considered in the etiology of chronic cough. We showed that the laryngeal EMG can be used as an appropriate diagnostic tool for these patients.