Otitis media is often preceded by a viral upper respiratory tract infection that causes Eustachian tube obstruction, negative middle ear pressure, and accumulation of fluid in the normally air-filled space of the middle ear. Acute otitis media (AOM) is defined as the presence of fluid in the middle ear with signs and symptoms of an acute infection, such as fever and ear pain. Otitis media with ...

BACKGROUND Otitis media is a common disease encountered in ENT practice. Its incidence has fallen in the developed world. It is expected that nasal polypi causes Eustachian tube dysfunction which in turn leads to negative middle ear pressure causing to develop otitis media with effusion or recurrent otitis media. The objective of this study was to find the frequency of Otitis Media in patients ...

Otitis media is a common reason for hearing loss, especially in children. Otitis media is a multifactorial disease and environmental factors, anatomic dysmorphology and genetic predisposition can all contribute to its pathogenesis. However, the reasons for the variable susceptibility to otitis media are elusive. MCPH1 mutations cause primary microcephaly in humans. So far, no hearing impairment...

Inflammation of the middle ear, known clinically as chronic otitis media, presents in different forms, such as chronic otitis media with effusion (COME; glue ear) and chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). These are highly prevalent diseases, especially in childhood, and lead to significant morbidity worldwide. However, much remains unclear about this disease, including its aetiology, initiat...

INTRODUCTION AND GOALS Tubotympanal mucociliary function is damaged in patients with otitis media with effusion. Our objective was to study its situation and recovery after timopanostomy tube insertion. METHODS We evaluated the mucociliary activity of the ear and Eustachian tube with scintigraphy in four groups of adults with chronic otitis media with effusion after ventilation tube insertion...

In this paper we report the development of a micro screw pump for discharging effusion from middle ear for treatment of otitis media. This tool extrudes effusion using a newly designed screw, which rotates at 90,000 rpm in a pipe penetrated through tympanic membrane. This tool satisfies the discharge performance especially for high viscosity effusion while it has smaller diameter such as about ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of intranasal aqueous triamcinolone acetonide in treating the tympanometric signs and symptoms of eustachian tube dysfunction, such as otitis media with effusion and negative middle ear pressure. DESIGN Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind prospective clinical trial. SETTING Tertiary referral clinic. PATIENTS Adults (≥18 years) and children (6-1...

OBJECTIVE To determine the long-term effects of ventilation tube insertion on hearing thresholds and tympanic membrane pathologic abnormalities in children with otitis media with effusion. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital, otorhinolaryngology and audiology service. PARTICIPANTS Patients aged 8 to 16 years who participated in a randomized controlle...

vestigated the association of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and diseases of the Background – A systematic quantitative review was conducted of evidence relating ear, nose and throat (ENT), and the evidence has been the subject of periodic narrative reparental smoking to acute otitis media, recurrent otitis media, middle ear effuviews. Only two studies have attempted a quantitative met...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To study the MRI findings of otic and sinus barotrauma in patients with carbon monoxide(CO) poisoning during hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy and examine the discrepancies of otic and sinus abnormalities on MRI between barotrauma and acute otitis media with effusion. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty patients with CO-poisoning diagnosed with otic and sinus barotrauma after HB...