CHILDHOOD HOSPITALISATION FOR OTITIS MEDIA

Hospitalisation with otitis media in early childhood and cognitive function in young adult life: a prevalence study among Danish conscripts

BACKGROUND Otitis media (OM) is a very common condition in children and occurs during years that are critical to the development of learning, literacy, and math skills. Therefore, among a large cohort of Danish conscripts, we aimed to examine the association between hospitalisation with OM in early childhood and cognitive function and educational level in early adulthood. METHODS We conducted...

Diagnosis and management of childhood otitis media in primary care

In terms of morbidity in children managed in general practice, middle ear conditions are probably the most important relating to the upper respiratory tract, with 75% of all cases of acute otitis media (AOM) occurring in children under the age of 10 years. One in four children will have an episode of AOM at some time during the first 10 years of life with a peak incidence of diagnosis occurring...

The Importance of Right Otitis Media in Childhood Language Disorders

Studies relating chronic otitis media and language disorders in children have not reported consistent findings. We carried out the first selective study aimed at discerning the role of chronic right otitis media in children less than 3 years of age in language development. A total of 35 children were studied using a full linguistic protocol, auditory brainstem responses, and middle latency resp...

CHILDHOOD OTITIS MEDIA Risk factors and surgical management

Potential role of fluoroquinolone therapy in childhood otitis media.

Increased resistance of pneumococci and other pathogens to available antibiotics raises concerns about bacteriologic and clinical failure in children with acute otitis media. Few therapeutic options exist for patients with recurrent infections or recent treatment failure. The limited experience from the compassionate use of fluoroquinolones in pediatrics and pediatric studies has not been linke...