Otolaryngology News

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae was the main otopathogen that caused bacteriologic relapses in children with acute otitis media treated with amoxicillin/clavulanate, according to recent study findings in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae was the main otopathogen that caused bacteriologic relapses in children with acute otitis media treated with amoxicillin/clavulanate, according to recent study findings in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Otoacoustic emissions screening may be an effective method to identify young children with permanent hearing loss, according to recent study results published in Pediatrics.

Adenotonsillectomy in children with obstructive sleep apnea improved behavior, quality of life and other symptoms compared with those treated with watchful waiting, according to study results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Children with acute otitis media had better symptom response when treated with amoxicillin-clavulanate than those treated with a placebo, according to new study results.

Findings of a recently published study challenge the notion that using prebiotics and probiotics lessens the burden of respiratory infection.

More than 50% of children were either vitamin D deficient or insufficient in a recent study, and those children were more likely to have ear infections and gastrointestinal problems, according to published data.

Updated guidelines for acute otitis media diagnosis and management emphasize tympanic membrane bulging and other factors.

More stringent diagnostic criteria of acute otitis media applied by validated otoscopist pediatricians, evidence-based selection of antibiotics may reduce ear tube surgery six-fold and future AOM episodes five-fold, according to study results published online.

A scale that uses images to grade acute otitis media severity may provide another avenue for clinical research and aid in telemedicine applications, according to findings in a paper published online.