Risk Factors and Presentations of Acute Otitis Media in the Emergency Department of A Specialized Pediatric Hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Acute Otitis Media ◽  
Pediatric Hospital

scholarly journals Relative Humidity Affects Acute Otitis Media Visits of Preschool Children to the Emergency Department

2021 ◽  
pp. 014556132110091
Author(s):  
Ying-Fang Jiang ◽  
Wen-Wei Luo ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Dong-Dong Ren ◽  
Yi-Bo Huang
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Meteorological Factors ◽  
Acute Otitis Media ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Cross Sectional

Objective: The associations between climate variables and diseases such as respiratory infections, influenza, pediatric seizure, and gastroenteritis have been long appreciated. Infection is the main reason for acute otitis media (AOM) incidence. However, few previous studies explored the correlation between climatic parameters and AOM infections. The most important meteorological factors, temperature, relative humidity, and fine particulate matter (PM2.5), were included in this study. We studied the relationship between these meteorological factors and the AOM visits. Materials and Methods: It was a retrospective cross-sectional study. A linear correlation and a linear regression model were used to explore the AOM visits and meteorological factors. Results: A total of 7075 emergency department visits for AOM were identified. Relative humidity was found an independent risk factor for the AOM visits in preschool children (regression coefficient = −10.841<0, P = .039 < .05), but not in infants and school-age children. Average temperature and PM2.5 were not correlated with AOM visits. Conclusion: Humidity may have a significant inverse impact on the incidence of AOM in preschool-age children.

Otitis media in Indigenous Australian children: review of epidemiology and risk factors

2013 ◽  
Vol 128 (S1) ◽  
pp. S16-S27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jake Jervis-Bardy ◽  
L Sanchez ◽  
A S Carney
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Bacterial Load ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Acute Otitis Media ◽  
Chronic Otitis Media ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Indigenous Children

AbstractBackground:Otitis media represents a major health concern in Australian Indigenous children (‘Indigenous children’), which has persisted, despite public health measures, for over 30 years.Methods:Global searches were performed to retrieve peer-reviewed and ‘grey’ literature investigating the epidemiology of and risk factors for otitis media in Indigenous children, published between 1985 and 2012.Results:In Indigenous children, the prevalence of otitis media subtypes is 7.1–12.8 per cent for acute otitis media, 10.5–30.3 per cent for active chronic otitis media and 31–50 per cent for tympanic membrane perforation. The initial onset of otitis media in Indigenous children occurs earlier and persists for longer after the first year of life, compared with non-Indigenous children. Indigenous children are colonised by otopathogens more frequently, at younger ages and with a higher bacterial load. Poor community and domestic infrastructure, overcrowding and exposure to tobacco smoke increase the risk of otitis media in Indigenous children; however, the availability of swimming pools plays no role in the prevention or management of otitis media.Conclusion:Despite awareness of the epidemiological burden of otitis media and its risk factors in Indigenous children, studies undertaken since 1985 demonstrate that otitis media remains a significant public health concern in this population.

scholarly journals Risk Factors for Acute Otitis Media

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-284
Author(s):  
S. d. A. Nishioka
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Acute Otitis Media

scholarly journals Meta-Analytic Review of the Risk Factors for Acute Otitis Media

1996 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 1079-1083 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Uhari ◽  
K. Mantysaari ◽  
M. Niemela
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Acute Otitis Media ◽  
Analytic Review

Risk Factors Affecting the Occurrence of Acute Otitis Media among 2-3-Year-Old Urban Children

1985 ◽  
Vol 100 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 260-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Pukander ◽  
J. Luotonen ◽  
M. Timonen ◽  
P. Karma
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Acute Otitis Media ◽  
Urban Children ◽  
Factors Affecting

scholarly journals Association of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal colonization and other risk factors with acute otitis media in an unvaccinated Indian birth cohort

2016 ◽  
Vol 144 (10) ◽  
pp. 2191-2199 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. RUPA ◽  
R. ISAAC ◽  
G. REBEKAH ◽  
A. MANOHARAN
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Streptococcus Pneumoniae ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Acute Otitis Media ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Positive Culture ◽  
Nasopharyngeal Colonization ◽  
Upper Respiratory Infection ◽  
First Year Of Life

SUMMARYIn order to study the epidemiology of acute otitis media (AOM) and Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal colonization in the first 2 years of life, we followed up an unvaccinated birth cohort monthly and at visits when sick, with otoscopy to detect AOM and performed nasopharyngeal swabbing to detect S. pneumoniae. Serotyping of positive cultures was also performed. Of 210 babies who were enrolled at birth, 61 (29·05%) experienced 128 episodes of AOM [relative risk 2·63, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1·21–5·75] with maximum incidence in the second half of the first year of life. Episodes ranged from 1 to 7 (mean 2·1 episodes). Most (86·9%) babies with AOM had a positive culture swab giving an odds ratio (OR) of 1·93 (95% CI 1·03–3·62, P = 0·041) for this association. Other risk factors identified for AOM were winter season (OR 3·46, 95% CI 1·56–7·30, P = 0·001), upper respiratory infection (OR 2·43, 95% CI 1·43–4·51, P = 0·005); residents of small households were less likely to develop AOM (OR 0·32, 95% CI 0·17–0·57, P < 0·01). Common S. pneumoniae serotypes isolated during episodes were 19, 6, 15, 35, 7, 23, 9 and 10 which indicated a theoretical coverage for pneumococcal vaccines PCV10 and PCV13 constituent serotypes of 62·8%. We conclude that AOM in Indian infants is often associated with S. pneumoniae colonization of the nasopharynx as well as other risk factors.

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