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Patulous Eustachian tube is a physical disorder. The exact causes may vary depending on the person and are often unknown. [5] Weight loss is a commonly cited cause of the disorder due to the nature of the Eustachian tube itself and is associated with approximately one-third of reported cases. [6]
As the gamma camera images are acquired, the patient's heart beat is used to 'gate' the acquisition. The final result is a series of images of the heart (usually sixteen), one at each stage of the cardiac cycle. [citation needed] Depending on the objectives of the test, the doctor may decide to perform either a resting or a stress MUGA.
Hamman's sign (rarely, Hammond's sign [1] or Hammond's crunch [2]) is a medical sign consisting of a crunching, rasping sound, synchronous with the heartbeat, [3] heard over the precordium in spontaneous mediastinal emphysema. It is thought to result from the heart beating against air-filled tissues.
Autophony is the unusually loud hearing of a person's own voice. Possible causes are: The " occlusion effect ", caused by an object, such as an unvented hearing aid or a plug of ear wax, blocking the ear canal and reflecting sound vibration back towards the eardrum.
Ototoxicity (damage to the inner ear) is a common side effect of platinum based drugs that can produce symptoms such as dizziness and vertigo. [131] [132] Children treated with platinum analogues have been found to be at risk for developing hearing loss. [133] [134] [135]
The FDA approved Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc's (NASDAQ: FENC) Pedmark to reduce the risk of chemo-induced ototoxicity in pediatric patients. Pedmark is indicated for pediatric patients one month of ...
Korotkoff sounds are the sounds that medical personnel listen for when they are taking blood pressure using a non-invasive procedure. They are named after Nikolai Korotkov , a Russian physician who discovered them in 1905, [ 1 ] when he was working at the Imperial Medical Academy in St. Petersburg , the Russian Empire.
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