ALLMedicine™ Cerumen Impaction Center

Dec 18th, 2020 - Ear irrigation is a commonly used method for removing earwax in general practice. There is no firm evidence if no pre-treatment is as good as pre-treatment with various standard preparations. To assess the effectiveness of no pre-treatment compare...

Jan 29th, 2020 - Objective: To provide family physicians with a practical, evidence-based approach to managing patients with cerumen impaction. Methods: MEDLINE, The Cochrane Library, and the Turning Research Into Practice (TRIP) database were searched for English...

Nov 18th, 2019 - This study investigated the exact composition and tried to be helpful in explaining the etiologic mechanism of cerumen impaction in the external auditory canal (EAC). A hundred impacted cerumen samples and 15 normal cerumen samples were collected ...

Oct 2nd, 2018 - Cerumen production is a normal and protective process for the ear canal. However, cerumen should be removed when it causes symptoms (e.g., hearing loss, itching, pain, tinnitus) or prevents assessment of the external auditory canal, the tympanic m...

May 8th, 2018 - Overview Removal of cerumen (wax) from the ear forms a significant part of the workload of an otolaryngologist and is, therefore, an essential skill to master. [1] However, general practitioners, emergency department staff, nurses, audiologists, a...

Sep 19th, 2017 - Cerumen Impaction: An Updated Guideline from the AAO-HNSF.|2017|Hauk L,|therapeutic use,pathology,diagnosis,prevention & control,therapy,methods,methods,

Jan 3rd, 2017 - Objective This update of the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation cerumen impaction clinical practice guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on managing cerumen impaction. Cerumen impaction is defined...

Jan 2nd, 2017 - The primary purpose of this guideline is to help clinicians identify patients with cerumen impaction who may benefit from intervention and to promote evidence-based management. Another purpose of the guideline is to highlight needs and management.

Oct 2nd, 2008 - This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on managing cerumen impaction, defined as an accumulation of cerumen that causes symptoms, prevents assessment of the ear, or both. We recognize that the term "impaction" suggests that the ear...

Dec 18th, 2020 - Ear irrigation is a commonly used method for removing earwax in general practice. There is no firm evidence if no pre-treatment is as good as pre-treatment with various standard preparations. To assess the effectiveness of no pre-treatment compare...

Jan 29th, 2020 - Objective: To provide family physicians with a practical, evidence-based approach to managing patients with cerumen impaction. Methods: MEDLINE, The Cochrane Library, and the Turning Research Into Practice (TRIP) database were searched for English...

Nov 18th, 2019 - This study investigated the exact composition and tried to be helpful in explaining the etiologic mechanism of cerumen impaction in the external auditory canal (EAC). A hundred impacted cerumen samples and 15 normal cerumen samples were collected ...

Oct 2nd, 2018 - Cerumen production is a normal and protective process for the ear canal. However, cerumen should be removed when it causes symptoms (e.g., hearing loss, itching, pain, tinnitus) or prevents assessment of the external auditory canal, the tympanic m...

May 8th, 2018 - Overview Removal of cerumen (wax) from the ear forms a significant part of the workload of an otolaryngologist and is, therefore, an essential skill to master. [1] However, general practitioners, emergency department staff, nurses, audiologists, a...

Feb 14th, 2017 - Fourth Case: Home-Based Treatment of Cerumen Impaction A 28-year-old graduate student, after undergoing aural irrigation in the university clinic, was discussing self-cleaning of the ears with his primary care provider. Otologic examination had de...

Feb 14th, 2017 - Choosing an Intervention Certain comorbidities, medications, radiation exposure, and anatomical features directly influence the type of intervention most suitable for cerumen impaction. Patients with compromised immune systems (those with diabetes...

Feb 14th, 2017 - First Case: How Common Is Earwax? A 74-year-old nursing home resident was brought by her aide to an appointment with her new primary care physician. The patient reported no complaints other than some itchiness in both of her ears. The aide said th...

Feb 14th, 2017 - First Case: How Common Is Earwax? A 74-year-old nursing home resident was brought by her aide to an appointment with her new primary care physician. The patient reported no complaints other than some itchiness in both of her ears. The aide said th...

Jan 3rd, 2017 - Action Points A new clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation recommends that clinicians treat, or refer for treatment, patients with cerumen impaction -- accumulations of earwax that ...