ALLMedicine™ Acute Otitis Media Center

Sep 14th, 2020 - The incidence of complications due to acute otitis media (AOM) in childhood has decreased significantly with the use of new antibiotics in recent years. However, acute mastoiditis (AM) is still the most common complication that can lead to further...

Aug 30th, 2020 - An uncommon complication of Acute Otitis Media (AOM) is a subperiosteal temporal infection known as Luc's abscess. Zygomatic air cells (ZACs) are an uncommon anatomic variant. Two otherwise healthy male patients, aged six- and thirteen years-old p...

Aug 28th, 2020 - Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common and most often self-limiting infection in childhood, usually managed in general practice. Even though antibiotics are only recommended when certain diagnostic and clinical criteria are met a high antibiotic pre...

Aug 25th, 2020 - Pain management in acute otitis media (AOM) is often suboptimal, potentially leading to unnecessary discomfort, GP reconsultation, and antibiotic prescribing. To assess the effectiveness of a GP-targeted educational intervention to improve pain ma...

Aug 24th, 2020 - The Italian Guideline for the management of acute otitis media (AOM) in children has been recently updated. We conducted a cross-sectional survey to investigate the adherence of Italian primary care paediatricians to the guideline recommendations....

Sep 18th, 2017 - With the aim to reduce inappropriate procedures and antibiotic therapy in the management of acute otitis media (AOM) in children, the Italian Society of Preventive and Social Pediatrics (SIPPS) proposed a top five list of recommendations for clini...

Jul 2nd, 2016 - Otitis media is one of the most common diseases in small children. This underlines the importance of optimizing diagnostics and treatment of the condition. Recent literature points toward a stricter approach to diagnosing acute otitis media (AOM)....

Feb 28th, 2013 - This evidence-based clinical practice guideline is a revision of the 2004 acute otitis media (AOM) guideline from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Academy of Family Physicians. It provides recommendations to primary care clini.

Feb 26th, 2013 - This evidence-based clinical practice guideline is a revision of the 2004 acute otitis media (AOM) guideline from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Academy of Family Physicians. It provides recommendations to primary care clini...

Dec 26th, 2011 - To (1) indicate methods of diagnosis and testing for acute otitis media (AOM) in children (under 15 years of age); and (2) recommend methods of treatment in accordance with the evidence based consensus reached by the subcommittee on clinical pract...

Sep 14th, 2020 - The incidence of complications due to acute otitis media (AOM) in childhood has decreased significantly with the use of new antibiotics in recent years. However, acute mastoiditis (AM) is still the most common complication that can lead to further...

Aug 30th, 2020 - An uncommon complication of Acute Otitis Media (AOM) is a subperiosteal temporal infection known as Luc's abscess. Zygomatic air cells (ZACs) are an uncommon anatomic variant. Two otherwise healthy male patients, aged six- and thirteen years-old p...

Aug 28th, 2020 - Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common and most often self-limiting infection in childhood, usually managed in general practice. Even though antibiotics are only recommended when certain diagnostic and clinical criteria are met a high antibiotic pre...

Aug 25th, 2020 - Pain management in acute otitis media (AOM) is often suboptimal, potentially leading to unnecessary discomfort, GP reconsultation, and antibiotic prescribing. To assess the effectiveness of a GP-targeted educational intervention to improve pain ma...

Aug 24th, 2020 - The Italian Guideline for the management of acute otitis media (AOM) in children has been recently updated. We conducted a cross-sectional survey to investigate the adherence of Italian primary care paediatricians to the guideline recommendations....

Jan 10th, 2020 - In 2000, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 7 (PCV7) was introduced in the United States, and in 2010, PCV13 was introduced. When each of those vaccines were used, they reduced acute otitis media (AOM) incidence caused by the pneumococcal types includ.

Jun 11th, 2019 - LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA – Prevention or early effective treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in infants and small children holds the promise of sharply reduced burdens of both acute otitis media (AOM) and pneumonia, Terho Heikkinen.

Jan 25th, 2018 - It’s a new year and a new respiratory season so my thoughts turn to the most common infection in pediatrics where an antibiotic might appropriately be prescribed – acute otitis media (AOM). The guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics were.

Nov 16th, 2017 - Use of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) may have had a part in reducing the incidence of severe middle ear inflammation of acute otitis media (AOM) in Japanese children, decreasing the rate of myringotomies for AOM, said Atsushi.

Oct 4th, 2017 - CHICAGO – Treating even uncomplicated acute otitis media (AOM) in 2017 may not be as simple as writing an amoxicillin prescription. Changes in pathogens may mean a shift in prescribing practices, Ellen Wald, MD, said at the annual meeting of the A.