Abstract
This chapter discusses the difference between acute otitis media, recurrent otitis media, and otitis media with effusion as well as the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of the distinct diseases. New 2016 guideline updates on Otitis Media with Effusion from the American Academy of Otolaryngology are incorporated.
Keywords: Antibiotics, Cholesteatoma, Ear, Effusion, Hearing, Infection, Myringosclerosis, Otitis media, Otorrhea, Tube, Tympanostomy.
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Emily Tignor, Bailey LeConte, Dayton Young, Tomoko Makishima ;Update on the Management of Otitis Media, Recent Advances in Pediatric Medicine Synopsis of Current General Pediatrics Practice (2017) 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.2174/9781681085203117010003
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/9781681085203117010003 |
Print ISSN 2543-2257 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2543-2249 |