Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tympanometry can assist in diagnosing otitis media, but it is not specific enough to be used alone, according to ...

Otitis media with effusion (OME) is one of the most common conditions seen in pediatric practice. A guideline for diagnosis and management was last updated in 2004. [1] Pneumatic otoscopy is the ...

Otitis media remains the most common infection for which children receive antibiotics. Drawing on systematic reviews of the published literature, four leading "ear experts" offer the following ...

I want to review the diagnostic signs of acute otitis media (AOM) and present the results of a national survey of 82 pediatric infectious disease (ID) specialists and 58 pediatric otolaryngology ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently published revisions to the 2004 acute otitis media guidelines in the March issue of Pediatrics. These guidelines provide recommendations for the ...

The rat is commonly employed in otological research, but spontaneous ear infections can confound the results of experimental procedures—wasting time, money, and animals. The authors focus on the ...

Otitis media with effusion (OME), also known as 'glue ear', is a common condition in early childhood. OME is characterised by accumulation of fluid in the middle ear space, without associated signs of ...

Otitis media is a medical condition that is translated from Latin to mean “inflammation of the middle ear.” This infection occurs in the area between the eardrum and the outer ear and can be very ...