Tympanostomy Tubes or Medical Management for Recurrent Acute Otitis Media.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Official recommendations differ regarding tympanostomy-tube placement for children with recurrent acute otitis media.

Methods

We randomly assigned children 6 to 35 months of age who had had at least three episodes of acute otitis media within 6 months, or at least four episodes within 12 months with at least one episode within the preceding 6 months, to either undergo tympanostomy-tube placement or receive medical management involving episodic antimicrobial treatment. The primary outcome was the mean number of episodes of acute otitis media per child-year (rate) during a 2-year period.

Results

In our main, intention-to-treat analysis, the rate (±SE) of episodes of acute otitis media per child-year during a 2-year period was 1.48±0.08 in the tympanostomy-tub

SUBMITTER: Hoberman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8969083 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature