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Prevalence of chronic otitis media with effusion in a pediatric tracheotomy population: a retrospective review. Pediatr Pulmonol 1999 Sep;28(3):194-8

Date

09/24/1999

Pubmed ID

10495336

DOI

10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199909)28:3<194::aid-ppul6>3.0.co;2-g

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0032844568 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   2 Citations

Abstract

The prevalence of chronic otitis media with effusion (COME) was investigated in a 4-year retrospective study of a pediatric tracheotomy population followed in the outpatient Tracheotomy-Ventilation Clinic of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. After exclusions, 83 patients comprised the study population. In a given patient, COME was defined by the presence of middle ear effusion in more than 50% of ear evaluations during the 4-year study period, or tympanostomy tube placement. The prevalence of COME was 60% in the study population as a whole. Special population groups had prevalence as follows: 90% in craniofacial anomaly patients, 79% in chronically ventilated patients, and 48% in nonventilated patients. Chronically ventilated patients had a statistically significant higher prevalence of COME than the nonventilated group (P < 0.025). These data indicate that COME is a prevalent condition in the pediatric tracheotomy population.

Author List

Beste DJ, Conley SF, Milbrath MM

Author

David J. Beste MD Professor in the Otolaryngology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

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

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Craniofacial Abnormalities
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Otitis Media with Effusion
Prevalence
Respiration, Artificial
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Tracheotomy