Resumo
Definição
História e exame físico
Principais fatores diagnósticos
- otalgia
- preceding upper respiratory symptoms
- bulging tympanic membrane
- myringitis
Outros fatores diagnósticos
- irritability
- sleep disturbance
- fever
- decreased appetite
Fatores de risco
- day care attendance
- older siblings
- young age
- family history
- Native American or Native Alaskan
- male sex
- absence of breastfeeding
- supine feedings (bottle propping)
- pacifier use
- environmental tobacco smoke
- lower socioeconomic status
- craniofacial anomaly
- immunologic deficiency
Investigações diagnósticas
Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas
- no initial test
Investigações a serem consideradas
- pneumatic otoscopy
- tympanometry
- acoustic reflectometry
- bacterial culture of middle ear contents
Algoritmo de tratamento
suspected AOM
confirmed AOM
Colaboradores
Autores
Carlos E. Armengol, MD
Pediatric Associates of Charlottesville PLC
Charlottesville
VA
Declarações
CEA is an author of a reference cited in this topic.
Agradecimentos
Dr Carlos E. Armengol would like to gratefully acknowledge the late Professor J. Owen Hendley, a previous contributor to this topic.
Declarações
JOH declared that he had no competing interests.
Revisores
Ozgur Yigit, MD
Chief
ENT Department
Istanbul Training and Research Hospital
Istanbul
Turkey
Declarações
OY declares that he has no competing interests.
Peter Bull, MB FRCS
Retired Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist
Formerly at Sheffield Children's Hospital
Sheffield
UK
Declarações
PB declares that he has no competing interests.
Richard Schwartz, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Georgetown University and George Washington University School of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical College of Virginia
Clinical Professor
University of Virginia Medical College
Charlottesville
VA
Declarações
At the time of the peer review, RS declared no competing interests. We have been informed that Dr Schwartz is now deceased.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.
Disclosures
Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.
Referências
Principais artigos
Lieberthal AS, Carroll AE, Chonmaitree T, et al. The diagnosis and management of acute otitis media. Pediatrics. 2013 Mar;131(3):e964-99. [Erratum in: Pediatrics. 2014 Feb;133(2):346.]Texto completo Resumo
Sjoukes A, Venekamp RP, van de Pol AC, et al. Paracetamol (acetaminophen) or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, alone or combined, for pain relief in acute otitis media in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Dec 15;(12):CD011534.Texto completo Resumo
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