, 2016 Otitis media (OM) or middle ear inflammation is a spectrum of diseases, including acute otitis media (AOM), otitis media with effusion (OME; ‘glue ear’) and chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM).
Casselbrant, ML +6 more
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Systemic corticosteroids for acute otitis media in children [PDF]
, 2018 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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Parent-reported otorrhea in children with tympanostomy tubes: incidence and predictors.
PLoS ONE, 2013 PurposeAlthough common in children with tympanostomy tubes, the current incidence of tympanostomy tube otorrhea (TTO) is uncertain. TTO is generally a sign of otitis media, when middle ear fluid drains through the tube.
Thijs M A van Dongen +4 more
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Differentiating Acute Otitis Media and Acute Mastoiditis in Hospitalized Children [PDF]
, 2016 Acute otitis media is a common infection in children. Most acute otitis media episodes can be treated at an outpatient setting with antimicrobials, or only expectant observation.
Aarnisalo, Antti A. +2 more
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Factors Affecting the Extrusion Rate and Complications After Ventilation Tube Insertion: A Multicenter Registry Study on the Effectiveness of Ventilation Tube Insertion in Pediatric Patients With Chronic Otitis Media With Effusion—Part II [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2022 Objectives The impacts of ventilation tube (VT) type and effusion composition on the VT extrusion rate and complications in children with otitis media remain unclear. This part II study evaluated the factors affecting the extrusion rate, recurrence rate,
Myung Hoon Yoo +18 more
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Outcome of Gastroesophageal Reflux Therapy in Children with Persistent Otitis Media with Effusion
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022 Introduction Otitis media with effusion (OME) is considered one of the most common disorders that affect children during the first years of life. There are many risk factors of persistent middle ear effusion; one of these risk factors is gastroesophageal
Reem Elbeltagy, Marwa Abdelhafeez
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Active Transport of Peptides Across the Intact Human Tympanic Membrane. [PDF]
, 2018 We previously identified peptides that are actively transported across the intact tympanic membrane (TM) of rats with infected middle ears. To assess the possibility that this transport would also occur across the human TM, we first developed and ...
Alexander, Thomas +9 more
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Comparison of tympanostomy tubes for endoscopic placement in adults with otitis media with effusion
Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery, 2019 Objective: To compare the therapeutic effects of two types of tympanostomy tube, in terms of extrusion time and recurrence rate, after endoscopic ventilation tube placement in adults with otitis media with effusion.
Mao Jin, Ke Sun, Xuan Li
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, 2019 Objectives: To investigate to what extent middle ear problems and associated hearing loss affect quality of life (QoL) of children born with a cleft palate. Methods: Fifty-five children aged between 6 and 18 years, born with non-syndromic cleft palate +/
De Leenheer, Els +4 more
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Clinic manifestations in granulomatosis with polyangiitis [PDF]
, 2016 Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), is an uncommon immunologically mediated systemic small-vessel vasculitis that is pathologically characterised by an inflammatory reaction pattern (necrosis, granulomatous ...
De Vincentiis, Marco +7 more
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