CONTEXT Adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy are commonly performed in US children to reduce the occurrence of persistent or recurrent otitis media, but evidence supporting the efficacy of the operations is limited. OBJECTIVES To test the efficacy of adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy in children with persistent or recurrent otitis media who had not previously undergone tube placement and t...

CONTEXT Prescribing practices for otitis media are not consistent with current evidence-based recommendations. OBJECTIVE To determine whether point-of-care evidence delivery regarding the use and duration of antibiotics for otitis media decreases the duration of therapy from 10 days and decreases the frequency of prescriptions written. DESIGN Randomized, controlled trial. SETTING Primary ...

BACKGROUND Acute myringitis is an inflammation of the tympanic membrane that occurs alone or in association with external otitis or otitis media. The two clinical entities, based on physical examination, are bullous myringitis and hemorrhagic myringitis. OBJECTIVES To investigate the association of concomitant middle ear disease with acute myringitis and to analyze the bacteriologic findings ...

Otitis media with effusion is one of the most common childhood infections, and grommet insertions are done for chronic otitis media which have failed medical therapy. The aims of this study were 1) to determine the patient profile of children needing grommet insertion and 2) to determine if grommet insertion is safe and effective. A retrospective review of 105 children with myringotomy and grom...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the connection between otitis media in the language acquisition years and the occurrence of delayed reading between the ages of 8 and 10. METHOD Participants were 40 children, half of whom had a history of otitis media between the ages of birth and three years and half who were free of the disease. These children, now ages 8-10, were tested with the WISC-R and a varie...

the bicuspid aortic valve is known to be the most common congenital cardiac malformation, with an approximate incidence rate of 1-2% in the general population. most patients are unaware of the disease until the onset of infective endocarditis, which is a life-threatening complication that may affect a heart valve or other cardiac structures at the site of endothelial damage. a 22-year-old man p...

introduction: although the incidence and prevalence of chronic suppurative otitis media (csom) has been decreased in recent decades, but it is still a major health problem in both developing and developed countries. csom can cause major and life-threatening complications such as hearing loss, meningitis and cerebral abscess. since hearing loss is the most common complication of csom, we aimed t...

conclusions there is a significant correlation between tympanosclerosis and h. pylori (p = 0.002). this correlation can single out h. pylori as a pathological factor in the development of tympanosclerosis; however, further studies are needed to prove this correlation. results from a total of 19 patients with tympanosclerosis , 16 cases (84.2%) were h. pylori positive, while in the control group...

introduction septic cavernous sinus thrombosis (cst) is a rare condition that can result in high mortality and morbidity rates if not treated immediately. cst may be aseptic or septic. less common primary sites of infection include the tonsils, soft palate, middle ear, and orbit. reported cases of middle ear infection are very rare, and response to treatment is poor. conclusions findings of lab...