Otitis Media and mastoiditis in infancy

Otitis Media and mastoiditis in infancy.

Otitis media and mastoiditis occurring in infancy have long been recognized as most troublesome disorders and, of recent years, would appear to be receiving the attention they merit. The frequency of otitis media or otitis media and mastoiditis found both in the infants' wards and in the autopsy room of the Alder Hey Children's Hospital has led to this statistical and clinical enquiry into this...

The Schilling Haemogram in Otitis Media and Mastoiditis of Infancy.

In 1938 a survey of the incidence of otitis media and mastoiditis in infancy was published from Alder Hey Children's Hospital (McConkey and Couper, 1938). A clinical classification of such cases was suggested and conclusions were drawn regarding the relative merits of conservative and operative treatment. Simultaneously a second and more detailed investigation was in progress, with certain aspe...

Acute Otitis Media in Infancy.

Anatomy.-The tympanic membrane is the same size in the new-born as in the adult. It lies almost horizontal in the plane of the base of the skull, so that its lateral border is almost in the same plane as the superior wall of the meatus. Thus the postero-superior quadrant, the region in which bulging is usually detected, is very near the surface and next the inner limit of the superior wall of t...

Severe Acute Otitis Media and Acute Mastoiditis in Adults.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare clinical and microbiological findings in adults hospitalized for acute otitis media (AOM) or mastoid infections (acute or latent). MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all adults (≥17 years old) hospitalized (between 2003 and 2012) at a tertiary referral center for acute mastoid infections or AOM not responding to outpatien...

Chapter 9 : Acute suppurative otitis media and acute mastoiditis