ALLMedicine™ Acute Otitis Media Center

May 3rd, 2022 - Acute otitis media (AOM), or ear infection, is the most common reason for pediatric medical visits in the United States [1]. Additionally, transportation barriers are a significant driver of missed and delayed care across medical specialties [2,3]...

Apr 22nd, 2022 - Examining a child's tympanic membrane (TM) is challenging, but crucial for proper management of acute otitis media (AOM). CellScope Oto (CSO) is an attachment that turns a smartphone into an otoscope. We aimed to assess pediatric resident comfort ...

Apr 19th, 2022 - NTHi was the predominant pathogen in ear cultures from severe acute otitis media (AOM) episodes in PCV-13 vaccinated children, more commonly in girls. NTHi-AOM episodes were associated with more myringotomies due to a higher treatment failure inci...

Apr 15th, 2022 - Acute otitis media (AOM) remains a common infection in children despite the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. This study estimated AOM incidence rates (IRs) over time in children < 16 years old in Germany following PCV13 introductio...

Mar 30th, 2022 - Acute otitis media (AOM) is a leading cause of office visits and antibiotic prescriptions in children. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines were introduced in the USA in 2000 (7-valent, PCV7) and 2010 (13-valent, PCV13). Expanded valency PCVs are curre...

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...