MIDDLE EAR INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN PREVENTION DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.
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Keywords
Otitis media, Middle ear inflammation,Children,Treatment,Prevention
Abstract
Background: I learned that otitis media or middle ear infections are common in children and putting the condition under check can cause hearing impairment. Knowledge of prevention, early diagnosis and proper treatment of this relatively common childhood disease may help in the minimization of their effects.
Objectives: aimed to assess various treatments in children with regards to middle ear infection recurrence and healing periods.
Study design : A cross-sectional-study
Place and duration of study. department of ENT Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar from jan 2021 to jan 2022
Methods: A cross-sectional survey using 150 children who were diagnosed of middle ear infections was used. The choices were giving the participants antibiotics, placing tubes in their ears or watchful waiting. The dependent variables included recurrence rates, hearing test results and the parent completed rating scales at baseline, 3 months and 6 months post intervention. Quantitative parameters analyzed were the standard deviations and the p-value in determining the probability of therapeutic efficacy.
Results: Out of all the 150 children subjected to the study, those treated with antibiotics recovered the fastest with a mean decrease of their symptoms by 40% (CI 95% [p < 0. 001]. The mean difference in reduction of symptoms was 8 with a standard deviation of 5. 2. Regarding the use of children with ear tubes, they showed the least decline in the use of a recurrent appendix with a 20% risk compared to antibiotics at 35% and watchful waiting at 50% base on p < 0. 05.
Conclusion: Treatable in children middle ear infections can offer a solution and decrease on the frequency of the disease. Acute relief comes from antibiotics and the best cure is the insertion of ear tubes. This is why the timely diagnosis and specific clinical interventions really play an important role in combating otitis media.
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Israr uddin
Assistant prof Department Of ENT Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar
Muhammand Hafeez
Assistant Prof Department Of ENT Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar
Sakwat khan
Consultant Department Of ENT Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar