Effect of eardrum perforation and chronic otitis media on the results of infrared tympanic thermometer in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study was conducted to determine whether tympanic membrane perforation or chronic otitis media affects the results of an infrared tympanic membrane thermometer in adults.

Methods

A literature search was performed using PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Google Scholar.

Results

Four nonrandomized studies were included in the analysis. The temperatures of the bilateral eardrums (one eardrum with normal condition [control group] and the other eardrum with perforation or chronic otitis media [experimental group]) were measured for the same subject in the studies. The mean and standard deviation of the bilateral tympanic membrane temperatures were used to calculate the mean difference (MD) with a corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI)

SUBMITTER: Kim YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10637521 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature