Window of Susceptibility to Acute Otitis Media Infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Contemporary, quantitative data are needed to inform recommendations and decision-making regarding referral and surgeon endorsement of tympanostomy tube placement in young children with recurrent acute otitis media (AOM).

Methods

A prospective, observational cohort study of 286 children in a primary care pediatric practice setting, who had at least 1 AOM (range 1-8). Children were followed longitudinally from 6 to 36 months old. AOMs were microbiologically confirmed by tympanocentesis for diagnostic accuracy. A window of susceptibility (WOS) was defined as AOMs closely spaced in time with no gap in occurrence >6 months. For prediction of total number of AOMs, we used a quasi-poisson generalized linear model.

Results

Eighty percent of AOMs occurred during ch

SUBMITTER: Bajorski P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9890393 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature