ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2016
The Role of Breastfeeding in Childhood Otitis Media.
Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04638075 (Use of Supplemental Nursing System Compared to Bottle Supplementation on Breastfeeding Rates in Hospitalized Neonates With Hyperbilirubinemia), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Use of Supplemental Nursing System Compared to Bottle Supplementation on Breastfeeding Rates in Hospitalized Neonates With Hyperbilirubinemia
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Perinatal exposures and upper respiratory tract microbiome composition are associated with age at first acute otitis media episode.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Microbial Biomarkers of Breast Tumor and Mastitis: Deciphering the Delicate Balance between Potentially "Evil" and "Benign" Alliances in Mammary Microbiomes.Breast care (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Incidence of Recurrent Otitis Media With Effusion (OME) Following Tympanostomy in Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review and Cumulative Meta-Analysis.International journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Associations of feeding and delivery modes with the risk of otitis media with effusion in children: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2025Observational
- Trends in the incidence and burden of otitis media in children: a global analysis from 1990 to 2021.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Article
- Impact of Breastfeeding Duration on Adenoid Hypertrophy, Snoring and Acute Otitis Media: A Case-Control Study in Preschool Children.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Analysis of factors that influence the occurrence of otitis media with effusion in pediatric patients with adenoid hypertrophy.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Breastfeeding initiation and duration and acute otitis media among children less than two years of age in Jordan: results from a case-control study.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Diversity-scaling analysis of human breast milk microbiomes from population perspective.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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- The Effect of Breastfeeding on Childhood Otitis Media.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2017Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe purpose of this review is to summarize the recent literature, both systematic reviews and recently published original studies not included within those reviews, on the relationship between breastfeeding and childhood otitis media (OM). RECENT
findingsThere is clear evidence that breastfeeding is associated with a reduced risk of OM in childhood with sound biological plausibility to support that the association is likely causal. Any breastfeeding reduces OM risk in early childhood by 40-50 %. Systematic reviews also support a further reduced risk for continued breastfeeding. Recent studies have estimated burden of disease savings if breastfeeding within countries and globally approached WHO guidelines. Cost savings per year for reduced cases of OM by increasing ever and exclusive breastfeeding rates are estimated to be millions of pounds or dollars for UK and Mexico. Breastfeeding reduces OM in children. The burden of disease and economic impact of increasing breastfeeding rates and duration would be substantial.
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