ReviewCureus2022
Etiology, Diagnosis, Complications, and Management of Acute Otitis Media in Children.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- RSV-associated acute otitis media in children under five years old: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2026Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy and management of suspected acute otitis media: A multi-continental survey of primary care physicians using tympanic membrane images in clinical cases.The European journal of general practice · 2026Article
- From Anatomy to Application: A Comprehensive Review of Nanovesicular Systems for Otic Drug Delivery.AAPS PharmSciTech · 2026Review
- Global burden of disease 2021: particulate matter pollution-attributable burden of upper respiratory infections, otitis media, and lower respiratory infections.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Systems perspectives on pediatric otitis media: environmental exposures, genetic susceptibility, and biomarker-guided interventions.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Effects of levofloxacin combined with dexamethasone ear drops on suppurative otitis media and analysis of influencing factors.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
- Otic Drug Delivery Systems: Current and Future Perspectives.Current pharmaceutical design · 2026Review
- Biofilm Formation and Its Relationship with the Microbiome in Pediatric Otitis Media.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Probiotic, Prebiotic, and Synbiotic Supplementation for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Otitis Media: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Determinants of Acute Otitis Media in Children: A Case-Control Study in West Java, Indonesia.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- The Role of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction in Recurrent Chronic Otitis Media: A Cross-Sectional Study of Anatomical and Functional Variations.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Understanding healthcare providers' preferred attributes of pediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in the United States.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- Endoscopic Type 1 Tympanoplasty: Evaluation of Clinical Success and Hearing Improvement.Medeniyet medical journal · 2024Article
- Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of Chronic Otomastoiditis: A Retrospective Analysis of Risk Factors, Outcomes, and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Diagnostic methods and written advice for acute otitis media in primary health care.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2024Article
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- The effect of tympanostomy tubes on otoacoustic emissions.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 · 2024Article
- Incidence and Characteristics of Pediatric Patients with Acute Otitis Hospitalized in a Romanian Infectious Diseases Hospital.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Monitoring the Epidemiology of Otitis Using Free-Text Pediatric Medical Notes: A Deep Learning Approach.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common infectious disease encountered by children under the age of two years and the most common cause of antibiotic use in children in the United States. AOM causes irritability, sleeplessness, decreased appetite, imbalance, and dizziness in patients, especially young children. This assessment was conducted to measure the effectiveness of surgical interventions in treating AOM. We reviewed the present findings regarding the etiology, clinical presentations, diagnosis, treatment, and surgical treatment of complications of AOM. Pain associated with AOM (otalgia) can be severe enough to cause parents to seek treatment for their infants or children. Various suggested measures have been used to treat AOM; antibiotic treatment with amoxicillin is still the treatment of choice for AOM, yet other antibiotics may be used in cases of allergy to penicillin or recent use of amoxicillin. Surgical intervention has been introduced and studied as a diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive measure for AOM; nevertheless, a few studies have shown that surgical interventions are beneficial in treating and preventing AOM compared to the common practice of using antibiotics. Overdiagnosis of AOM is widespread, leading to injudicious antibiotic use, which contributes to antibiotic resistance. Further management should be determined together with the parent, particularly if observation is the primary intervention.
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