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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2012

Otitis media in infancy and the development of asthma and atopic disease.

Elaina A MacIntyre, Joachim Heinrich

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Bidirectional association between asthma and otitis media in children.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2021
    Article
  5. Allergy and Otitis Media in Clinical Practice.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2020
    Review
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Observational
  10. Otitis media with effusion and atopy: is there a causal relationship?The World Allergy Organization journal · 2017
    Review
  11. Update on otitis media - prevention and treatment.Infection and drug resistance · 2014
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  12. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Elaina A MacIntyreInstitute of Epidemiology I, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany. elaina.macintyre@gmail.com
Joachim Heinrich
Center for Environmental Health · USHelmholtz Zentrum München · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Otitis media is a frequent respiratory infection of early childhood and it is important to fully understand the long-term complications and sequelae. Literature examining otitis media in early childhood and subsequent development of atopic disease is sparse despite there being vast literature on the association between respiratory infections and atopic disease. Current data support the hypothesis that otitis media infections in early life, especially frequent or severe infections, influence the developing immune system, resulting in increased risk for asthma. Recent findings have also reported an association between otitis media and eczema. Atopic children and those with a family history of atopy appear to be at greater risk. Future work should investigate the specific mechanisms involved. It is possible that vaccines and preventive strategies aimed at reducing the burden of otitis media could also reduce the burden of childhood asthma and atopic disease.

Indexed as

Age DistributionAge of OnsetAsthmaChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesComorbidityEczemaHumansHypersensitivity, ImmediateIncidenceInfantOtitis MediaRespiratory Tract InfectionsRhinitis, Allergic, SeasonalRisk Factors

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PMID23011595
OpenAlexW2166230060

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