ALLMedicine™ Acute Otitis Media Center

Sep 7th, 2022 - Antibiotic prescription for uncomplicated Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI) in children is not recommended but remains common. The primary objective was to evaluate the relationship between antibiotic prescription for URTI prior to age 2 an...

Aug 31st, 2022 - Facial paralysis secondary to acute otitis media (AOM) is rare in the post-antibiotic era.1,2 In immunosuppressed patients, atypical bacteria are more commonly encountered as the cause. Mycoplasma hominis, normally found in the genitourinary tract...

Aug 17th, 2022 - We compared the diagnostic performance of human clinicians with that of a neural network algorithm developed using a library of tympanic membrane images derived from children taken to the operating room with the intent of performing myringotomy an...

Aug 10th, 2022 - The objective of the study was to compare the antibiotic treatment failure and recurrence rates between antibiotic agents (amoxicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, cefdinir, and azithromycin) for children with uncomplicated acute otitis media (AOM). ...

Jul 26th, 2022 - To study the changes in acute otitis media (AOM) pediatric emergency department (PED) visits and pediatric admission before and during the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) year. Retrospective case review. Secondary care center. Children y...

Dec 27th, 2019 - New insights into the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of acute otitis media (AOM) have been gained in recent years. For this reason, the Italian Paediatric Society has updated its 2010 guidelines. A literature search was carried out on PubMed....

Dec 27th, 2019 - In recent years, new information has been acquired regarding the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of acute otitis media (AOM). The Italian Pediatric Society, therefore, decided to issue an update to the Italian Pediatric Society guidelines publ...

Dec 27th, 2019 - In recent years, new progress has been made regarding the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of acute otitis media (AOM). The Italian Pediatric Society therefore decided to issue an update to the previous guidelines published in 2010. Literature ...

Mar 14th, 2022 - Updated guidance on acute otitis media from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that anaesthetic and analgesic ear drops be considered for initial treatment of acute otitis media (AOM). The update is intended to...

Feb 16th, 2022 - A practice guideline update from the ENT community on tympanostomy tubes in children reaffirms that tube insertion should not be considered in cases of otitis media with effusion (OME) lasting less than 3 months, or in children with recurrent acut...

Feb 15th, 2022 - Twenty years ago, the dilemma in treating acute otitis media (AOM) was which among 10-plus antibiotics to prescribe. A recent column discussed the evolving pathogen distribution in AOM and its effects on antibiotic choices.1 But here we consider t...

Jan 12th, 2022 - Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, pediatricians have been seeing fewer cases of all respiratory illnesses, including acute otitis media (AOM). However, as I prepare this column, an uptick has commenced and likely will continue in an upward trajec...

May 13th, 2021 - The debate over tympanostomy tubes vs antibiotics for recurrent acute otitis media (AOM) in young children is long-standing. Now, results of a randomized controlled trial show that tubes do not significantly lower the rate of episodes compared wit...