Myringotomy and ventilation tube insertion with endoscopic or microscopic technique in adults: a pilot study [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of endoscopic-assisted myringotomy and ventilation tube insertion in adults affected by chronic otitis media with effusion, comparing the outcomes of this approach with those obtained with the ...
Andrea Gallo+8 more
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Prevalence and determinants of Otitis Media in children 1 to 6 years of age: An analytical cross-sectional study [PDF]
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of Otitis Media; and to assess the risk factors for Otitis media in children aged one to six years of age.
Ghandi Mariappan+2 more
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Systemic corticosteroids for acute otitis media in children [PDF]
Background: Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common acute infection in children. Pain is its most prominent and distressing symptom. Antibiotics are commonly prescribed for AOM, although they have only a modest effect in reducing pain at two to three days.
Beller, Elaine M+6 more
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Panel 7: otitis media:treatment and complications [PDF]
Objective: We aimed to summarize key articles published between 2011 and 2015 on the treatment of (recurrent) acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, tympanostomy tube otorrhea, chronic suppurative otitis media and complications of otitis media ...
Ackerman S+126 more
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Automated Diagnosis of Otitis Media: Vocabulary and Grammar
We propose a novel automated algorithm for classifying diagnostic categories of otitis media: acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, and no effusion.
Anupama Kuruvilla+3 more
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Evaluation of the surface and the core cultures of adenoids in patients with recurrent adenotonsillitis, obstructive adenoid hypertrophy, and otitis media with effusion [PDF]
Objective: To determine and to compare the core and the surface bacteriologies of the adenoids of the pediatric patients with obstructive adenoid hypertrophy, recurrent adenotonsillitis, and otitis media with effusion and to evaluate antibiotic ...
Mehmet Karataş+4 more
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Detection Rates of Bacteria in Chronic Otitis Media with Effusion in Children [PDF]
This study was performed to investigate polymerase chain reaction-based detection of bacterial DNA in middle ear fluid and assess the correlation between the PCR-positive rate with several factors associated with middle ear effusion.
Bluestone+23 more
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Hubungan Tonsilitis Kronis dan Otitis Media Efusi di Bagian THT RSUD Ulin Banjarmasin Tahun 2014
: Chronic tonsillitis is an inflammation of the tonsil was settled as a result of recurrent of acute or subclinical infection which is marked by the widening of the tonsil crypts and size can be enlarged (hypertrophy) or shrink (atrophy).
Farisa Shauma Fachir+2 more
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Computed tomographic morphometry of tympanic bulla shape and position in brachycephalic and mesaticephalic dog breeds [PDF]
Anatomic variations in skull morphology have been previously described for brachycephalic dogs; however there is little published information on interbreed variations in tympanic bulla morphology.
Barthez+19 more
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Transiently Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions in Children with Otitis Media with Effusion [PDF]
Introduction. Otitis media with effusion is a common pediatric disease whose diagnosis is based on pneumatic otoscopy, pure-tone audiometry, and tympanometry. The aim of this study was to evaluate transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions in the diagnosis
Aspris, Andreas+5 more
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