Middle ear effusion
Acoustic Reflectometry in the Detection of Middle Ear Effusion
... For these ears, using a reflectivity reading of 5 or greater as indicative of middle ear effusion and a reflectivity of 4 or less as indicative of no middle ear effusion, the sensitivity[r] ...
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Evidence Assessment of the Accuracy of Methods of Diagnosing Middle Ear Effusion in Children With Otitis Media With Effusion
... panel recommended the use of pneumatic otoscopy as the primary diagnostic method with tympanom- etry as a confirmatory diagnostic method. These rec- ommendations were based on limited scientific evi- dence and strong ...
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Role of adenoid hypertrophy in causation of chronic middle ear effusion
... chronic middle ear effusion and it has been found that all the patients had equal to or greater than grade 2 adenoid hypertrophy and majority of the patients (11 patients) had grade 3 adenoid ...
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Impact of adenotonsillectomy on hearing profile of children with chronic middle ear effusion
... Chronic middle ear effusion, a term synonymous with otitis media with effusion, secretory otitis media, serous otitis media and glue ear is one of the chronic otological conditions of ...
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Middle Ear Effusion, Attention, and the Development of Child Behavior Problems
... Middle ear effusion (MEE), an inflammation of the mid- dle ear accompanied by effusion or a collection of liquid in the middle ear, is one of the most commonly diag- nosed ...
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Incidence and Management of Middle Ear Effusion in Cleft Palate Patients
... Incidence and management of middle ear effusion in cleft palate patients Med J Malaysia Vol 47 No 1 March 1992 Incidence and management of middle ear effusion in cleft palate patients s Lokman, FRCS,[.] ...
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Otorrhea in Young Children After Tympanostomy-Tube Placement for Persistent Middle-Ear Effusion: Prevalence, Incidence, and Duration
... ABSTRACT. Objective. To characterize the occur- rence of tube otorrhea after tympanostomy-tube place- ment (TTP) for persistent middle-ear effusion (MEE) in a group of otherwise healthy infants and ...
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Passive Smoking and Middle Ear Effusion Among Children in Day Care
... The present study was designed to determine whether the children in a day-care center with ele- vated serum cotinine concentrations had more epi- sodes of middle ear effusion in the firs[r] ...
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Tympanometric Findings and the Probability of Middle-Ear Effusion in 3686 Infants and Young Children
... for middle-ear abnormalities, such as those referred for specialty oto- laryngological or audiological services, nor is it certain how similar the findings would be in otherwise healthy older ...
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Surgical Management of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction and Its Importance in Middle Ear Effusion
... The purpose of the ventilating tube is merely to maintain the tympanic membrane perforation that was created at the time of myringotomy so the tympanum will be ventilated.. A wide variet[r] ...
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Pharmacologic Compliance with Antibiotic Therapy for Acute Otitis Media: Influence on Subsequent Middle Ear Effusion
... The M lutea test organism was sensitive to any antibiotic used in the treatment of otitis media, even when the urine containing an antibiotic was stored for pro- longed periods in the fr[r] ...
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Tympanometric Detection of Middle Ear Effusion in Infants and Young Children
... valid, and objective test. It can be easily adminis- tered by trained paraprofessional personnel in almost any acoustic environment. Its incorpora- tion into pediatric routines for subje[r] ...
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Oral Dexamethasone for Treatment of Persistent Middle Ear Effusion
... x2 analysis and, when appropriate, Fisher’s exact test showed no statistically significant differences between treatment groups for the demographic fac- tors ascertained: age; sex; race;[r] ...
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Validity of Acoustic Reflectometry in Detecting Middle Ear Effusion
... results of using pneumatic otoscopy and acoustic reflectometry to evaluate children. They studied[r] ...
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Detection of bacteria in middle ear effusions based on the presence of allergy: does allergy augment bacterial infection in the middle ear?
... the middle ear fluid was collected using a suction collector (Storz®, ...stored middle ear effusion with 900 μL of cell lysis solution, followed by a 10 min centrifugation at 15,000 rpm ...
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Effectiveness of Tympanostomy Tubes for Otitis Media: A Meta-analysis
... chronic middle ear effusion, results in improved average hearing thresholds at 1 to 3 months after surgery (a period when the majority of tubes are ...of middle ear effusion in ...
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Effect of chronic sinusitis on middle ear function.
... A century later, Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666-1723) was born in Imola, Italy. He became notable for his description of the aortic “sinus of Valsalva, ” but he is even more famous for his Treatise on the Human Ear. ...
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Otitis Media with Effusion During the First Three Years of Life and Development of Speech and Language
... spent prolonged periods of time with middle ear effusion had significantly lower scores when compared with those who had spent little time with middle ear disease.. The correlation was s[r] ...
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Otitis Media—Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents
... with middle ear ...of middle ear origin, a bulg- ing tympanic membrane that has cloudy or yellow fluid visible behind it or is distinctly red, or local symptoms such as ear ...15 ...
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Evaluation of Eustachian Tube Function in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (Tubotympanic Type) with Reference to Surgical Outcome
... and middle ear system and thereby the functioning of Eustachian ...detects middle ear effusion and negative middle ear pressure accurately in an objective ...
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