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Filter by:Study Sound Ear Check (SEC) hearing test among 3-10 years old otherwise healthy children referred to tympanostomy tube placement. SEC test prior surgery (with middle ear fluid) and at 1 month control visit (dry middle ear with ventilation tube). Otitis media 6 questionnaire prior surgery and at the 1 month control visit.
The primary purpose of this study is to compare balloon Eustachian tuboplasty (BET) combined with tympanostomy tube insertion and simply tympanostomy tube insertion in the treatment of otitis media with effusion (OME) in post-radiotherapy patients on the improvement of subjective symptoms (ear fullness, etc.) and the tympanogram. The secondary purpose is to clarify the effects of BET on the incidence of middle ear infection and slippage of ventilation tube during tube retention, as well as to determine the difference of hearing improvement between the two management methods.
The purpose of this research is to conduct a multi-center prospective surveillance study focusing upon pneumococcal carriage and serotype epidemiology in patients with otitis media (OM).The data generated will be crucial especially as baseline data for future assessments on the long-term impacts of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 10 (PCV10) coverage, compared to that of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 13 (PCV13) that is being used in the majority of other countries. Pneumococcal carriage in patients with OM and serotype distribution will be assessed, including changes in antibiotic resistance. With the establishment of sentinel surveillance in the country, we hope to provide detailed data on the epidemiology of OM in Malaysia; working towards the development of a national surveillance programme for the monitoring of OM burden in the country.
Introduction In 2019, France was the 4th highest consumer of antibiotics in Europe. Among the interventions proposed to reduce antibiotic prescribing, delayed prescribing deserves particular attention. The effectiveness of delayed antibiotic prescription in reducing antibiotic consumption remains poorly studied in the literature, and no study has yet been conducted in France. The main objective of our study is to investigate the factors associated with the choice of antibiotic strategy(immediate or deferred). The secondary objectives are to study the frequency and factors associated with antibiotic consumption according to the initial prescription, and to determine the typical profiles of patients, in the context of a delayed prescription, who consume the antibiotic outside the GP's recommendations. Method 330 general practitioners in Ile-de-France will recruit 2800 patients older than 6 months with acute otitis media between September 2022 and March 2023. GPs will be recruited via the CNGE investigator network, the colleges of general medicine in Ile-de-France, the Sentinelles network, the French Medical Association and the regional unions of health professionals. Initial medical data will be collected by the physicians. Patients will fill in daily data for 2 weeks to monitor their disease. They will also fill in social data, and questionnaires assessing their level of health literacy, confidence and satisfaction with the general practitioner consulted. Factors associated with the physician's choice of antibiotic therapy and the patients' consumption of antibiotics will be analyzed via mixed models. Consumption rates will be expressed as percentages with their confidence intervals. Conclusion This work will allow a better understanding of the elements that guide physicians towards delayed prescription. It can help physicians to better assess patients who are likely to be non-compliant with delayed prescription in order to avoid this type of prescription for them.
The purpose of this project is to see if optical coherence tomography (OCT), a new technology acting as an ultrasound for the ear, facilitates accurately diagnosing acute otitis media (AOM) and otitis media with effusion (OME) in children. Clinical diagnoses made using solely pneumatic otoscopy (PO) will be compared to those made with the addition of OCT.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of ventilation tubes in children with recurrent ear infections. By drawing lots, young children with recurrent ear infections will be assigned to one of two groups (ventilation tubes or close follow-up), and the number of ear infections and antibiotic prescriptions in each group will be monitored. The study participants will be followed until they are 7 years old.
Otitis media with effusion (OME) is a common finding affecting children and the main cause of acquired hearing loss in the pediatric age. OBJECTIVES The purpose of the clinical study is to determine whether self-inflation using a new device: - It is an effective non-invasive treatment during the watchful waiting period, with the ability to improve hearing loss and prevent surgical treatment; - Maintains long-term hearing improvement;
Composite Cartilage Perichondrium Graft for tympanoplasty in chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) Air Bone Gap (AB Gap) Closure will be taken as successful outcome Endoscopic technique without posterior meatal flap elevation
Otitis media is more common in young children and it is estimated that 75% of all children experience at least one episode before the age of three. Otitis media is one of the common pediatric diagnoses and recurrent episodes account for the most commonly performed surgical procedure. Despite this a high degree of inaccuracy exists in diagnosis of this condition which depends on subjective assessment of the ear drum via direct visualization using an otoscope. Researchers can use LED-based multi wavelength light absorption and scattering measurements for the analysis of ear drum and the middle ear.
This clinical study evaluates the efficacy of the autologous blood-derived product called platelet- and extracellular vesicle-rich plasma as a supplement to the surgical treatment of chronic tympanic membrane perforations. Half of the participants will be treated with standard surgical procedure called tympanoplasty and addition of platelet- and extracellular vesicle-rich plasma. Another half will be treated with only the standard tympanoplasty.