Background: Acute otitis media (AOM ... Otoscopic findings were categorized by tympanic membrane (TM) position, color, translucency, and mobility. Otoscopic score was assigned based on McCormick ...

when children with acute onset of otalgia had tympanic membranes (TMs) that were: (1) red, bulging or full; and (2) a cloudy or purulent effusion was observed, or the TM was completely opacified ...

A 34-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of left ear pain with hearing loss and facial droop on the left side. Computed tomography showed a nasopharyngeal mass. A diagnosis was made.

Objectives To appraise European guidelines for acute otitis media (AOM) in children ... The most common indication for antibiotics was tympanic membrane perforation/otorrhoea (14/15; 93%). The ...

An ear infection can present as a dull, persistent ache, and is sometimes accompanied by pressure, discharge, itching, fever or muffled hearing. In more severe cases, the pain can be sudden, sharp and ...

Otitis media with effusion (OME ... pus-like discharge or the acute pain associated with AOM. Given how painful they can be, it's natural to want to avoid ear infections. Keeping ears clean ...

This systematic review aimed to map and summarize the existing literature on the use of osteopathic manipulative techniques (OMT) in the management of acute otitis media (AOM) in pediatric patients, ...

Among children with acute rhinosinusitis and perforated acute otitis media, the treatment results were particularly notable: after 3 days of using LiveSpo® NAVAX, nasal congestion decreased by 68%, ...

NOTES Percentages are unadjusted. Significance refers to the difference between MA and TM. “Institutional care” means care at an institutional rehabilitation facility, skilled nursing facility ...

Methods: An individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis on seven randomised controlled trials (n = 1234 children in all), focusing on interactions between treatment and baseline ...

episodes of acute otitis media. We used GRADE to assess the certainty of evidence for each outcome. Although we included all measures of hearing assessment, the proportion of children who returned to ...