Aural Toileting and Dressing—Important Intervention Measures in the Management of Acute Suppurative Otitis Media

Aural Toileting and Dressing—Important Intervention Measures in the Management of Acute Suppurative Otitis Media

Background: Otitis media is one of the most common childhood infections, the leading cause of doctor’s visit by children in ENT clinic. The acute form if not recognized early is commonly characterized by suppuration from the middle ear following perforation of the tympanic membrane otherwise referred to as acute suppurative otitis media (ASOM). If not adequately treated, it progresses to chroni...

Management of chronic suppurative otitis media.

Chronic suppurative otitis media is typically a persistent disease, insidious in onset, often capable of causing severe destruction and irreversible sequelae, and clinically manifests with deafness and discharge. The existence of chronic suppurative otitis media in prehistoric times has been clearly documented (McKenzie and Brothwell, 1967). These authors also referred to the discovery of chole...

Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a chronic inflammation of the middle ear and mastoid cavity. Clinical features are recurrent otorrhoea through a tympanic perforation, with conductive hearing loss of varying severity. Experts dispute the duration of otorrhoea required to determine it as a chronic infection the World Health Organization's definitions suggest more than two weeks; others...

Chapter 9 : Acute suppurative otitis media and acute mastoiditis

Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a chronic inflammation of the middle ear and mastoid cavity. Clinical features are recurrent otorrhoea through a tympanic perforation, with conductive hearing loss of varying severity. Experts dispute the duration of otorrhoea required to determine it as a chronic infection the World Health Organization's definitions suggest more than two weeks; others...