Socioeconomic challenges of chronic suppurative otitis media management in state tertiary health facility in Nigeria
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Allergic Rhinitis in Adults with Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
Introduction: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is considered one of the most common causes of acquired hearing impairment in developing countries. CSOM is a multifactorial persistent inflammatory disease of the middle ear. A distinct pathophysiologic mechanism linking allergic rhinitis (AR) and CSOM remains to evolve. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between A...
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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...
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متن کاملChronic 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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2090-0740
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejenta.2013.07.002