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Object: To prepare a national guideline for Otorhinolaryngologist who treat allergic rhinitis patients. Methods: The study was conducted by three authors, namely the writing support team. The support team made the study plan, determined the writing instructions, chose the subgroups including the advisory committee, the advisors for authors and the authors. A workshop was organized at the very beginning to explain the details of the study to the team. Advisors took the chance to meet their coworkers in their subgroups and determined the main headings and subheadings of the guideline, together with the authors. After key words were determined by the authors, literature search was done in various databases. The authors keep in touch with the advisors and the advisors with the advisory committee and the support group at every stage of the study. National and International published articles as well as the abstracts of unpublished studies, imperatively presented in National Congresses, were included in this guideline. Only Guideline and meta-analyses published in last seven years (2013-2017) and randomized controlled studies published in last two years (2015-2017) were included. After all work was completed by the subgroups, support team brought all work together and edited the article. Results: A detailed guideline about all aspects of allergic rhinitis was created. Conclusion: The authors believe that this guideline will enable a compact and up-to-date information on allergic rhinitis to healthcare professionals. This guideline is the first in the field of Otolaryngology in Turkey. It should be updated at regular intervals.

Objectives To detect the prevalences of Alloiococcus otitidis , as well as Haemophilus influenzae , Streptococcus pneumoniae , and Moraxella catarrhalis in children with chronic otitis media with effusion (OME) and to simultaneously investigate the colonization of these bacteria in the nasopharynx and palatine tonsils of these patients. Methods The study included 34 pediatric patients with OME, and 15 controls without OME. In the study group, A. otitidis , H. influenzae , S. pneumoniae , and M. catarrhalis were investigated in the samples obtained from middle ear effusions (MEE), nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) and tonsillar swabs (TS), using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and conventional culture methods. Only the samples obtained from NPS and TS were studied with the same techniques in the control group. Results A. otitidis was isolated only in MEE and only with multiplex PCR method. A. otitidis , S. pneumoniae , M. catarrhalis , H. influenzae were identified in 35%, 8.8%, 8.8%, and 2.9%, respectively, in 34 MEE. A. otitidis was not isolated in NPS or TS of the study and the control groups. Conclusion The prevalence of A.otitidis is high in children with OME and A.otitidis doesn't colonize in the nasopharynx or tonsil.

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Introduction: Nasal septal deviation (NSD) is one of the major causes of upper airway obstruction. Chronic hypoxia and hypercapnia due to NSD may affect the choroidal blood flow and may change the choroidal thickness (CT). In this study, the authors aimed to research the assessment of CT before and after septoplasty in patients with NSD. Methods: Ninety-two patients who underwent septoplasty surgery with the diagnose of nasal septum deviation and 58 patients for control group were enrolled to the study. CT values measured before and three months after septoplasty surgery. Results: CT values were subfoveal 272.51 ± 27.62, nasal 245.50 ± 21.22, temporal 248.35 ± 30.25 and subfoveal 232.09 ± 44.17, nasal 222.09 ± 38.82,temporal 227.12 ± 28.80 for the control and NSD groups, respectively (P < 0.001). Also choroid thickness values (subfoveal 232.09 ± 44.17, nasal 222.09 ± 38.82, temporal 227.12 ± 28.80; subfoveal 252 ± 18.90, nasal 228 ± 22.12, temporal 240 ± 25.80) were significantly different in patients with NSD, before and after septoplasty procedure, respectively (P < 0.001). Conclusion: To the authors’ knowledge this is the first study investigating choroid thickness measurements before and after septoplasty in patients with NSD. We found significant correlation between NSD and CT. After septoplasty surgery at 3rd month, CT increased significantly in comparision with the preoperative values.