Ümit Hardal

Publications (2)0.03 Total impact

• Article: The effects of allergic rhinitis on growth, development and body mass indexes in school children

  Mustafa Paksoy, Mehmet Eken, Sedat Aydın, Z. Alev Oktay, Ümit Hardal, Arif Şanlı, Neslihan Y. Zeren
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  ABSTRACT: ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to determine the frequency of allergic rhinitis (AR) in children and investigate if allergenic rhinitis demonstrated any effects on developmental growth levels and body mass indexes (BMI) in children. Materials and methods651 students, between 3–15 years of age who were randomly selected from four elementary schools located at Kartal, Istanbul were assessed according to symptoms and the presence of AR by nasal examination with the aid of a 0 degree 2.7 mm hand rigid endoscope. Height and weight percentile values of students regarding growth according to age and their BMI were calculated and statically assessed. Results obtained are presented. ResultsFindings obtained from a questionnaire and clinical examination does not allow us to perform a definite differentiation regarding in school children at age 3–5. The prevalence of AR in girls is higher. However, there are no any significant differences regarding BMIs in children with or without AR (p < 0,142). But there are statistically significant differences regarding height and weight percentiles in children with and without AR. Accordingly, there was a tendency in children diagnosed with AR to display low values related with height and weight percentiles. In Pearson chi-square testing, p values of percentile values related with weight (p < 0,032) and p values of percentiles related with height (p < 0,001) were determined. ConclusionAR prevalence was higher in girls independently from BMI values. We determined a strong relationship between BMI values and AR dependant to age and gender. KeywordsAllergic rhinitis-Body mass index-Growth parameters
  Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 04/2012; 62(1):64-68. · 0.03 Impact Factor
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  Article: Glass Particles in the Frontal Sinus

  Sedat Aydin, Arif Şanli, Mehmet Eken, Ümit Hardal
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  ABSTRACT: We present a patient that had a frontal sinus mucocele, which was the result of a traffic accident that occurred 3 years earlier. During surgery via the osteoplastic approach we observed glass particles in the left frontal sinus. As patients with foreign bodies in the paranasal sinus are not commonly seen in otolaryngological practice, especially glass particles in the frontal sinus, and papers dealing with this issue are rare in the English language literature, we present our case and a review of the literature. Frontal Sinüste Cam Parçacıkları Özet: Üç yıl önce geçirilen bir trafik kazası sonucunda frontal sinüs mukoseli gelişen bir hastamızı sunduk. Hastaya osteoplastik yaklaşımla müdahale ettiğimizde, sol frontal sinüs içinde cam partiküllerini saptadık. Otolarengolojik açıdan hastalarda paranazal sinüs yabancı cisimleri (özellikle frontal sinüs içindeki cam partikülleri) yaygın görülmediği ve bu konu ile ilgili yayınlanmış makaleler İngilizce literatürde sınırlı olduğundan, literatür bilgileri ışığında vakamızı sunmayı uygun bulduk.