Acute otitis media: could it be a sentinel indicator of health care?
The reason of suppurative otitis media decreased in children under five years, even in 2009, when it was registered the highest number of new cases of acute respiratory infection. It was not feasible to determine if acute otitis media is a sentinel indicator; however, we could monitor medical attention indirectly.
High pretreatment IGF-1 levels were associated with better DCR, PFS, and OS of patients who received antiangiogenic therapy for advanced HCC. This finding warrants validation in large studies.