Otitis Media with Effusion

BACKGROUND Otitis media with effusion (OME; 'glue ear') is common in childhood and surgical treatment with grommets (ventilation… (More)

Chronic OME, which arises from a complex series of inflammatory events in the middle ear, affects approximately 5% to 30% of… (More)

CONTEXT Otitis media with effusion (OME) can lead to significant hearing loss in children. Although previous studies have shown… (More)

Streptococcus pneumoniae, nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis are the predominant bacteria associated… (More)

OBJECTIVE To determine if the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can detect bacterial DNA in pediatric middle ear effusions that are… (More)

The efficacy of adenoidectomy in the surgical treatment of children with otitis media with effusion (OME) persisting after… (More)

To determine the epidemiology of acute otitis media (AOM) and duration of middle ear effusion (MEE), we followed consecutively… (More)

1439 Dutch children were included in a randomised trial to evaluate the efficacy of preschool screening for otitis media with… (More)

Hearing levels are reported for a cohort of 222 infants (aged 7 to 24 months) and 540 older children (aged 2 to 12 years) with… (More)

The incidence, prevalence, and natural history of otitis media with effusion (OME) and middle ear high negative pressure (HNP… (More)