Acute Suppurative Otitis Media Treatment
This review attempts to summarize what is known about acute otitis media in children.
Acute suppurative otitis media treatment. It is a common condition occurring most frequently in children and is often bilateral. Approximately 80 of children will have at least one episode of acute otitis media aom and between 80 and. Acute otitis media has a peak incidence of between 3 years and six years.
Where the aetiology is bacterial haemophilus influenzae and streptococcus pneumoniae are the most common organisms found with the former organism dominating more since more widespread pneumococcal vaccination was introduced. Most pediatricians recognize and treat acute otitis media several times each day. Common causes are upper respiratory tract infections which may be viral or bacterial.
The most important conditions are acute otitis media without perforation acute otitis media with perforation otitis media with effusion and chronic suppurative otitis media see table 1 there is currently a lack of consistency in definitions of different forms of otitis media especially acute otitis media. Acute otitis media. In the united states acute otitis media aom defined by convention as the first 3 weeks of a process in which the middle ear shows the signs and symptoms of acute inflammation is the most common affliction necessitating medical therapy for children younger than 5 years.
Acute otitis media aom is common in children but much less so in adults. Rhinoviruses and respiratory syncytial viruses are the main viral pathogens in adults as well. Yet there is wide disagreement about certain aspects of its diagnosis and treatment despite a large and growing literature on the subject.
Acute otitis media is an acute inflammation of the middle ear cavity. Otitis media is among the most common issues faced by physicians caring for children. Treatment of acute suppurative otitis media volume 91 issue 4 p.
