objectives: the aim of this study was to compare the otitis media with effusion (ome) groups that improved when treated with adenoidectomy and ventilation tube (vt), to the group of the recurred after surgery and detect the possible role of allergy in ome. material and methods: this study was performed on two groups. the patient group consisted of 38 patients with recurrent ome with allergy an...

Hypertrophic adenoids with otitis media with effusion is a common infectious disease and present a serious otological problem in children. Cytokines, potent inflammatory mediators, play important role in the initiation of immunological response in otitis media. Adenoids excised due to hypertrophy with or without chronic otitis media with effusion were used to isolate mononuclear cells. Secretio...

BACKGROUND Tympanometry can indicate middle ear effusion in children referred for tympanostomy tube placement. In outpatient setting, objective adjunctive tools are needed to diagnose the otitis media spectrum. METHODS We enrolled and followed 515 children aged 6-35 months at primary care level. We compared tympanometry with pneumatic otoscopy and evaluated the proportions of type A, C1, C2, ...

v Acute otitis media: Children with acute otitis media have signs and symptoms of infection, such as ear pain and fever. Acute otitis media is very common in children; more than 5 million cases occur each year in the United States. v Otitis media with effusion: Children with otitis media with effusion have extra fluid in the middle ear, so symptoms may include feeling like the ear is plugged or...

conclusions although there was not a significant relation shown between vitamin d levels between the two groups in our study, the vitamin d level in ome patients was less than in the control group. therefore, it seems that measuring the level of vitamin d in these patients is necessary, and a deficiency of vitamin d must be treated. in order to achieve certain results with more detail we sugges...

introduction: to study the long-term complications of tympanostomy tube insertion in young children 10 years after surgery.   materials and methods: in september 2011, the medical records of all patients who had undergone myringotomy with tympanostomy tube insertion between february 2000 and march 2001 at the two general hospitals of isfahan university of medical sciences were studied. of the 9...

abstract   objective: to determine the effect of oral zinc sulfate supplementation given with coamoxiclav when compared with coamoxiclav alone for treatment of otitis media with effusion (ome). the efficacy of the drug was assessed 3 and 6 weeks after administration .   methods: in a double-blind, randomized trial 4 to 14 years old children with ome who referred to ear, nose and throat clinic, ...

introduction:to evaluate the role of allergic-type and infectious-type cytokines in children with chronic otitis media with effusion (ome) materials and methods:we investigated serum levels of interleukins (il)-4, il-5, and il-13, along with interferon-gamma (ifn-γ) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (tnf-α), by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) in 35 children with ome and 28 healthy contr...

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...

This reference guide contains highlights from the Clinical Practice Guideline, Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children. The Otitis Media Guideline Panel, a private-sector panel of health care providers, developed the Guideline after comprehensively analyzing the research literature and current scientific knowledge of the development, diagnosis, and treatment of otitis media with effusion i...