Prevalence of Secretory Otitis Media in Seven to Eight Year Old School Children

1980 ◽  
Vol 89 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 7-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erkki Virolainen ◽  
Pekka Tuohimaa ◽  
Heikki Puhakka ◽  
Olli Ruuskanen ◽  
Eero Aantaa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Otitis Media ◽  
School Children ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Secretory Otitis Media ◽  
Ear Infections ◽  
Upper Respiratory ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Ear Symptoms

One thousand two hundred and seven school children aged seven to eight years were examined in the spring of 1978 in order to determine the frequence of undiagnosed secretory otitis media (SOM). All children were without any subjective ear symptoms. Two and eight tenths percent of the children were found to have SOM. The relation between SOM and the appearance of allergy, the occurrence of earlier otitis media, the occurrence of repeated upper respiratory tract infections and the treatment of earlier middle ear infections are discussed.

Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Young Children: Duration of and Frequency of Complications

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen R. Wald ◽  
Nancy Guerra ◽  
Carol Byers
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Upper Respiratory ◽  
Tract Infections

This study was performed to determine the usual duration of community-acquired viral upper respiratory tract infections and the incidence of complications (otitis media/sinusitis) of these respiratory tract infections in infancy and early childhood. Children in various forms of child-care arrangements (home care, group care, and day care) were enrolled at birth and observed for 3 years. Families were telephoned every 2 weeks to record on a standardized form the type and severity of illnesses experienced during the previous interval. Only children remaining in their original child-care group for the entire study period were compared. The mean duration of an upper respiratory tract infection varied between 6.6 days (for 1- to 2-year-old children in home care) and 8.9 days (for children younger than 1 year in day care). The percentage of apparently simple upper respiratory tract infections that lasted more than 15 days ranged from 6.5% (for 1- to 3-year-old children in home care) to 13.1% (for 2- to 3-year-old children in day care). Children in day care were more likely than children in home care to have protracted respiratory symptoms. Of 2741 respiratory tract infections recorded for the 3-year period, 801 (29.2%) were complicated by otitis media. During the first 2 years of life, children in any type of day care were more likely than children in home care to have otitis media as a complication of upper respiratory tract infection. In year 3, the risk of otitis media was similar in all types of child care.

Upper respiratory tract infections

2020 ◽  
pp. 4004-4008
Author(s):  
P. Little
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Acute Sinusitis ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Acute Pharyngitis ◽  
Upper Respiratory ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Acute Rhinitis

Acute upper respiratory tract infections include acute pharyngitis/tonsillitis and acute rhinitis. Acute sinusitis, acute otitis media, and influenza also come under the umbrella of infections of the upper respiratory tract. Otitis media and influenza will be discussed elsewhere: this chapter concentrates on acute pharyngitis/tonsillitis, acute rhinitis, and acute sinusitis. Acute upper respiratory tract infections are one of the commonest reason for patients to seek medical advice in the United Kingdom, and nearly all cases are managed in primary care. Respiratory tract infections are also the commonest reason for antibiotics to be prescribed, leading to serious concern that the inappropriate use of antibiotics for predominantly self-limiting conditions will foster the development of antibiotic resistance, with the danger that serious infections will become untreatable. Thus it is currently an international priority to discourage the use of antibiotics where there is poor evidence of their efficacy.

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