Otolaryngology News

Otonomy recently announced FDA approval of its Otiprio antibacterial treatment for pediatric patients with bilateral otitis media with effusion who undergo tympanostomy tube surgery, according to a press release.

A 3-year-old male presents with progressive right periorbital swelling and discomfort. The problem began with the onset of an upper respiratory infection about 5 days earlier. Within a couple of days, the swelling about the eye began, along with some subjective fever, and worsened by the day until he was taken to the ER from where he was admitted after a CT scan was done (Figures 1 and 2). The scan showed a subperiosteal abscess measuring 13 mm x 8 mm x 8 mm on the lamina papyracea, separating the right orbit from the ethmoid sinus, with opacification of all the sinuses.

The FDA has granted Entellus Medical 501(k) clearance for their XprESS Multi-Sinus dilation system in pediatric patients, aged 2 years and older, according to a press release.

WASHINGTON — Twenty percent of patients with periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis syndrome, or PFAPA, had at least one family member who also met the criteria for the disorder, indicating a genetic predisposition, according to data presented at the 2015 AAP National Conference and Exhibition.

Children born with cytomegalovirus infection were at a significant risk for severe and frequent vestibular disorders in a recent study.

Pneumococcal Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine had a slight effect on the amount of tympanostomy tube placement procedures, a treatment for otitis media, resulting in fewer placement procedures, according to a recent study.

The majority of students with group A streptococcal pharyngitis treated with a single dose of amoxicillin tested negative for the infection within 24 hours, making them able to return to school the following day, according to a recent study.

Breast-feeding could significantly reduce otitis media infections, gastrointestinal infections, hospitalizations due to lower respiratory tract infections and the rate of sudden infant death syndrome among First Nations infants, according to a recent study.

Pediatric patients diagnosed with bacterial meningitis who experienced mild to severe symptoms of ataxia also were likely to develop hearing loss dependent on the severity of ataxia, according to recently published study findings

According to a recent study, treatment with a nasal balloon can be used in a primary care setting to clear up otitis media with effusion, or glue ear, in children.