Background: Acute otitis media (AOM) often occurs as a complication of upper respiratory tract infection (URI). Objective: To describe otoscopic findings during URI, the full clinical spectrum of ...

The tube opens at the end of the nose where children also have adenoid tissue which obstruct the normal ... media. Be aware that serous otitis media is not an ear infection, otherwise known as ...

the incidence of acute otitis media during a 2-year period was similar among those who had placement of a tympanostomy tube and those who received episodic antibiotic treatment. The normal ...

Background: Because resolution of symptoms is a primary goal of antimicrobial therapy in children with acute otitis ... either AOM, otitis media with effusion, or normal middle ear status ...

We defined 218 children at high risk for otitis media (OM) in that each had received ... had developed recurrent acute or secretory OM. 102 children were assigned to an adenoidectomy or control ...