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Epidemiology of Pediatric Tympanostomy Tube Placement in the United States. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2020 Sep;163(3):600-602

Date

04/15/2020

Pubmed ID

32284005

DOI

10.1177/0194599820917397

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85083437303 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   26 Citations

Abstract

The prevalence of pediatric tympanostomy tube placement (TTP) in the United States has not been reassessed in the past decade. To assess the prevalence of TTP and frequent ear infections (FEI), the National Health Interview Survey for the calendar year 2014 was used. Among 73.1 million children, 6.26 million (8.6%) had TTP. The incidence of FEI was 3.49 million (4.8%). Males (9.6%) were more likely than females (7.5%) to undergo TTP (P = .004). Among children under 2 years of age, 9.1% reported FEI, compared to 3.9% of children aged 3 to 17 years. Among children under 2 years of age, 25% with FEI received TTP vs 1.5% without FEI (P < .001). Among children aged 3 to 17 years, 31.1% with FEI received TTP vs 8.6% without FEI (P < .001). TTP may be increasing nationally, although further assessment of adherence to clinical practice guidelines is needed to investigate this potential trend.

Author List

Bhattacharyya N, Shay SG

Author

Sophie G. Shay MD Assistant Professor in the Otolaryngology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Age Distribution
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Ear Ventilation
Otitis Media
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
United States