introduction: the ministry of health and medical education of iran, and similar institutions in many other countries, advises physicians to use current guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute otitis media (aom). however, there has been no evaluation of the effectiveness of such guidelines or whether physicians in iran adhere to them. thus, as laryngologists are the most important gr...

background: the ministry of health and medical education of iran and many other countries advice physicians to use this guideline for diagnosis and treatment of acute otitis media (aom), but there is not any evaluation of effectiveness and obedience of this guideline, so the aim of this study was to evaluate the attitude of pediatricians, the most important group that interfere with these patie...

Introduction: Otitis media is among the common infections in children. Over 80% of 1-6 years old children are infected with acute bacterial otitis media and despite the widespread using antibiotics for its treatment too much infectious complications are seen in these patients. The purpose of this study was to study chronic otitis media. Materials & Methods: This study was a descriptive study b...

BACKGROUND Since 1997, UK guidance has advocated limiting antibiotic prescribing for otitis media. It is not known whether this has influenced general practitioner prescribing practice. Aims and objectives To investigate the trends in diagnoses and antibiotic prescribing for otitis media in children in relation to guidance. METHODS We used the General Practice Research Database to conduct tim...

Acute otitis externa, also known as 'swimmer's ear', is a common disease of children, adolescents and adults. While chronic suppurative otitis media or acute otitis media with tympanostomy tubes or a perforation can cause acute otitis externa, both the infecting organisms and management protocol are different. This practice point focuses solely on managing acute otitis externa, without acute ot...

WE PROPOSE A NOVEL AUTOMATED ALGORITHM FOR CLASSIFYING DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES OF OTITIS MEDIA: acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, and no effusion. Acute otitis media represents a bacterial superinfection of the middle ear fluid, while otitis media with effusion represents a sterile effusion that tends to subside spontaneously. Diagnosing children with acute otitis media is difficult...

Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common complication of upper respiratory tract infection whose pathogenesis involves both viruses and bacteria. We examined risks of acute otitis media associated with specific combinations of respiratory viruses and acute otitis media bacterial pathogens. Data were from a prospective study of children ages 6 to 36 months and included viral and bacterial culture an...

This thesis presents an automated algorithm for classifying diagnostic categories of otitis media (middle ear inflammation): acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, and no effusion. Acute otitis media represents a bacterial superinfection of the middle ear fluid, while otitis media with effusion, represents a sterile effusion that tends to subside spontaneously. Diagnosing children with...

Acute inflammation of the middle ear (also referred to below as " acute otitis media ") is generally defined as acute, short-term, clinically confirmed inflammation in the middle ear. Second to the common cold, acute otitis media is the most common infectious disease among children. Mainly small children are affected; prior to 2 years of age, approximately 50% of children have at least one epis...