A multidisciplinary European guideline for tinnitus: diagnostics, assessment, and treatment

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Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of somatosensory tinnitus: a scoping review

Somatosensory tinnitus is a generally agreed subtype of tinnitus that is associated with activation of the somatosensory, somatomotor, and visual-motor systems. A key characteristic of somatosensory tinnitus is that is modulated by physical contact or movement. Although it seems common, its pathophysiology, assessment and treatment are not well defined. We present a scoping review on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of somatosensory tinnitus, and identify priority directions for further research. Methods: Literature searches were conducted in Google Scholar, PubMed, and EMBASE databases. Additional broad hand searches were conducted with the additional terms etiology, diagnose, treatment. Results: Most evidence on the pathophysiology of somatosensory tinnitus suggests that somatic modulations are the result of altered or cross-modal synaptic activity within the dorsal cochlear nucleus or between the auditory nervous system and other sensory subsystems of central nervous system (e.g., visual or tactile). Presentations of somatosensory tinnitus are varied and evidence for the various approaches to treatment promising but limited. Discussion and Conclusions: Despite the apparent prevalence of somatosensory tinnitus its underlying neural processes are still not well understood. Necessary involvement of multidisciplinary teams in its diagnosis and treatment has led to a large heterogeneity of approaches whereby tinnitus improvement is often only a secondary effect. Hence there are no evidence-based clinical guidelines, and patient care is empirical rather than research-evidence-based. Somatic testing should receive further attention considering the breath of evidence on the ability of patients to modulate their tinnitus through manouvers. Specific questions for further research and review are indicated

Mobile Applications and Wearables for Chronic Respiratory Disease Monitoring

Mobile health (mHealth) has tremendous potential to benefit patients, providers, and the entire healthcare system. Benefits for patients to adopt mHealth include more effective access to health providers, reduced costs of care, and better health control. For physicians and the healthcare system, reasons to embrace mHealth are enhanced health outcomes, facilitated access to patients for care, and decreased time required for administrative tasks. Currently, some mobile apps and wearables dedicated to respiratory health provide medical education and messaging services, enable diary logs, aid with disease self-management, and include educational games. Major challenges for mHealth to be widely adopted include lack of studies demonstrating effectiveness, limited access to technology by all patients, decreased adoption over time, high costs, and data privacy concerns

Lingual abscess in a psychiatric patient: A case report

We present a 46-year-old psychiatric patient presenting with a lingual abscess. This paper covers the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis with a view to assisting emergency physicians in the timely recognition and management of this rare but potentially life-threatening condition. © Copyright 2012 D. Kikidis et al

Lingual Abscess in a Psychiatric Patient: A Case Report

Copyright © 2012 D. Kikidis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We present a 46-year-old psychiatric patient presenting with a lingual abscess. This paper covers the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis with a view to assisting emergency physicians in the timely recognition and management of this rare but potentially life-threatening condition. 1

Case Report Lingual Abscess in a Psychiatric Patient: A Case Report

We present a 46-year-old psychiatric patient presenting with a lingual abscess. This paper covers the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis with a view to assisting emergency physicians in the timely recognition and management of this rare but potentially life-threatening condition

A 1 GHz, DDR2/3 SSTL driver with On-Die Termination, strength calibration and slew rate control

A 1 GHz Double Data Rate 2/3 (DRR2/3) combo Stub Series Terminated Logic (SSTL) driven has been developed for the first time to our knowledge using a 90 nm CMOS process. To satisfy the signal integrity requirements the driver strength is dynamically calibrated and the input/output port is efficiently terminated by on-die resistors. Furthermore, the slew-rate can be sufficiently controlled by selecting an appropriate external resistor. The proposed driver design provides all the required output and termination impedances specified by both the DDR2 and DDR3 standards and occupies a small die area of 0.032 mm(2) (differential). Experimental results demonstrate its robustness over process, voltage, and temperature variations. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved