ALLMedicine™ Otitis Media Center

Jan 26th, 2023 - The objective of this multicentre study is to evaluate the standard of care of participants diagnosed with Chronic Otitis Media that have already gone through a first middle ear surgery but still have at least a moderate hearing loss. The study ha...

Jan 14th, 2023 - To study pediatric acute otitis media (AOM) burden fluctuations before and during the first two COVID years, which were characterized by measures to reduce the spread of airborne diseases. We used urinary tract infection (UTI) as a comparison infe...

Jan 14th, 2023 - Otitis media with middle ear effusion (MEE) can be treated with ventilation tubes (VT) insertion, and it has been speculated that prolonged MEE in childhood can affect neurological development, which in turn may be important for later academic ach...

Jan 10th, 2023 - Contemporary, quantitative data are needed to inform recommendations and decision-making regarding referral and surgeon endorsement of tympanostomy tube placement in young children with recurrent acute otitis media (AOM). A prospective, observati...

Jan 10th, 2023 - Predicting Recurrent Acute Otitis Media and the Need for Tympanostomy: A Powerful Tool.|2023|El Feghaly RE,Jackson MA,|

Feb 10th, 2022 - This executive summary of the guideline update provides evidence-based recommendations for patient selection and surgical indications for managing tympanostomy tubes in children. The summary and guideline are intended for any clinician involved in...

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 ...

May 6th, 2017 - To (1) indicate the definition, the disease state, methods of diagnosis, and testing for otitis media with effusion (OME) in childhood (<12 years); and (2) recommend methods of treatment in accordance with the evidence-based consensus reached by t...

Jan 26th, 2023 - The objective of this multicentre study is to evaluate the standard of care of participants diagnosed with Chronic Otitis Media that have already gone through a first middle ear surgery but still have at least a moderate hearing loss. The study ha...

Jan 5th, 2023 - Streptococcus pneumoniae (SPN) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, causing community acquired pneumonia (CAP), bacterial meningitis and bacteremia. Pneumococcal infections cause over 1 million pneumonia deaths per year in ch...

Dec 27th, 2022 - Since September 2001, 121 pediatricians who are part of a research and teaching network (ACTIV) throughout France participated at this prospective study. From October to June of each subsequent year, children of both sexes suffering from suppurati...

Dec 20th, 2022 - The aim of the present study is to conduct a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the otological safety of 100% medical grade Manuka honey on the tympanic membrane post Tympanoplasty compared to the control group. The investigation will involve 6...

Dec 15th, 2022 - This trial aims to investigate whether analgesic ear drops added to usual care provide superior ear pain relief over usual care alone in children presenting to primary care with AOM. Children will be randomly allocated (ratio 1:1) to either 1) lid...

Nov 17th, 2022 - What’s the opposite of an antibiotic? Everyone knows that LOTME loves a good dichotomy: yin/yang, good/evil, heads/tails, particle/wave, peanut butter/jelly. They’re all great.

Nov 14th, 2022 - Some experts are encouraging clinicians to see the amoxicillin shortage through pink-colored glasses. The ongoing shortage, which was first reported in October and was prompted by a surge in demand linked in part to influenza and respiratory syncy...

Nov 10th, 2022 - Children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to be treated for middle ear infections and are likely to experience serious complications from the condition — potentially with lifelong economic consequences — researchers have fou...

Oct 6th, 2022 - Ivosidenib (Tibsovo) plus venetoclax (Venclexta) with or without azacitidine (Onureg) showed an expected and tolerable safety profile with durable responses and a prolonged survival rate across acute myeloid leukemia (AML) disease groups, accordin...

Sep 8th, 2022 - Let’s pretend for a moment that you receive a call from one of your college roommates who thanks to his family connections has become a venture capitalist in California. His group is considering investing in a start-up that is developing a handhel.