The occurrence of sinusitis and middle ear effusions has frequently been attributed to the obstruction of the sinus ostia and/or eustachian tube. In the intensive care unit setting, edema caused by the irritation from nasogastric, nasotracheal and orotracheal tubes has been associated with this pathology and has been responsible for occult sepsis in this population. Our investigation was perfor...

INTRODUCTION Posttympanostomy tube otorrhea also known as acute otitis media with tympanostomy tubes (AOMT) occurs in 15% to 80% of children with tympanostomy tubes. Its management is fairly standardized among pediatric ear, nose, and throat (ENT) physicians owing to recommendations published by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Pediatric emergency medicine (EM) phys...

BACKGROUND Because previous studies have indicated that otitis media may be a polymicrobial disease, we prospectively analyzed middle ear effusions of children undergoing tympanostomy tube placement with multiplex polymerase chain reaction for four otopathogens. METHODS Middle ear effusions from 207 children undergoing routine tympanostomy tube placement were collected and were classified by ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To evaluate the prevalence, characteristics, and associated risk factors of tinnitus in U.S. adolescents. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional analyses of U.S. representative demographic and audiometric data, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005 to 2008. METHODS The study population consisted of 3,520 individuals aged 12 to 19 years with complete ...

BACKGROUND Chronic otitis media with effusion (COME) is a prevalent upper airway infection resulting in hearing loss. The aim of this research was to determine risk factors for COME in preschool children. METHODS A case-control design was conducted in Auckland, New Zealand from May 2011 until November 2013. The cases were children aged 3 and 4 years referred for tympanostomy tube placement du...

OBJECTIVE To determine 14-year otological outcomes in young children treated with early insertion of ventilation tubes (VTs) for recurrent acute otitis media or otitis media with effusion (OME). DESIGN Prospective 14-year follow-up. SETTING Central Hospital of Central Finland, a tertiary care hospital. Patients Three hundred five consecutive infants and young children aged 5 to 16 months wi...

OBJECTIVE To compare efficacy, safety, and hospital charges for common pediatric otolaryngology procedures with the use of intravenous sedation (IVS) vs general anesthesia (GA). DESIGN Retrospective chart study. SETTING Hospital-based pediatric otolaryngology practice. PATIENTS Patients younger than 18 years who underwent tympanostomy tube removal and/or patch myringoplasty with absorbabl...

introduction: one of the main treatments of chronic otitis media with effusion is ventilation of the middle ear with a ventilation tube (vt). the objective of this study was to determine the incidence and the types of vt complications in children with otitis media with effusion in ahwaz. materials and methods: in this prospective study, the medical records of 208 children (52 male and 35 female...

OBJECTIVES To report the incidence of short-term complications from otitis media in children before placement of tympanostomy tubes (TTs) and to compare children treated according to the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research guidelines with those who were treated earlier or later than recommended. DESIGN Retrospective outcomes review. PATIENTS Subjects were children aged 10 or younger ...