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Acute otitis media

MedGen UID:
124402
Concept ID:
C0271429
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Acute middle ear infection; AOM - Acute otitis media
SNOMED CT: AOM - Acute otitis media (3110003); Acute otitis media (3110003)
 
HPO: HP:0000371

Definition

Acute otitis media is a short and generally painful infection of the middle ear. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

El Feghaly RE, Nedved A, Katz SE, Frost HM
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2023 May;21(5):523-534. Epub 2023 Apr 28 doi: 10.1080/14787210.2023.2206565. PMID: 37097281Free PMC Article
Harmes KM, Blackwood RA, Burrows HL, Cooke JM, Harrison RV, Passamani PP
Am Fam Physician 2013 Oct 1;88(7):435-40. PMID: 24134083
Lieberthal AS, Carroll AE, Chonmaitree T, Ganiats TG, Hoberman A, Jackson MA, Joffe MD, Miller DT, Rosenfeld RM, Sevilla XD, Schwartz RH, Thomas PA, Tunkel DE
Pediatrics 2013 Mar;131(3):e964-99. Epub 2013 Feb 25 doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3488. PMID: 23439909

Curated

UK NICE Guideline NG91, Otitis media (acute): antimicrobial prescribing, 2022

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

López Martín D, Piñeiro Pérez R, Martínez Campos L, Ares Álvarez J, de la Calle Cabrera T, Jiménez Huerta I, Khodayar-Pardo P, Lupiani Castellanos P, Baquero-Artigao F; Grupo colaborador del consenso de otitis media aguda y sinusitis en pediatría
An Pediatr (Engl Ed) 2023 May;98(5):362-372. Epub 2023 Apr 29 doi: 10.1016/j.anpede.2023.03.006. PMID: 37127475
Hoberman A, Preciado D, Paradise JL, Chi DH, Haralam M, Block SL, Kearney DH, Bhatnagar S, Muñiz Pujalt GB, Shope TR, Martin JM, Felten DE, Kurs-Lasky M, Liu H, Yahner K, Jeong JH, Cohen NL, Czervionke B, Nagg JP, Dohar JE, Shaikh N
N Engl J Med 2021 May 13;384(19):1789-1799. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2027278. PMID: 33979487Free PMC Article
Schilder AG, Marom T, Bhutta MF, Casselbrant ML, Coates H, Gisselsson-Solén M, Hall AJ, Marchisio P, Ruohola A, Venekamp RP, Mandel EM
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 Apr;156(4_suppl):S88-S105. doi: 10.1177/0194599816633697. PMID: 28372534
Harmes KM, Blackwood RA, Burrows HL, Cooke JM, Harrison RV, Passamani PP
Am Fam Physician 2013 Oct 1;88(7):435-40. PMID: 24134083
Deshmukh CT
J Postgrad Med 1998 Jul-Sep;44(3):81-4. PMID: 10703579

Diagnosis

El Feghaly RE, Nedved A, Katz SE, Frost HM
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2023 May;21(5):523-534. Epub 2023 Apr 28 doi: 10.1080/14787210.2023.2206565. PMID: 37097281Free PMC Article
Venekamp RP, Schilder AGM, van den Heuvel M, Hay AD
BMJ 2020 Nov 18;371:m4238. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4238. PMID: 33208317
Paul CR, Moreno MA
JAMA Pediatr 2020 Mar 1;174(3):308. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.5664. PMID: 31985755
Venekamp RP, Damoiseaux RA, Schilder AG
Am Fam Physician 2017 Jan 15;95(2):109-110. PMID: 28084706
Harmes KM, Blackwood RA, Burrows HL, Cooke JM, Harrison RV, Passamani PP
Am Fam Physician 2013 Oct 1;88(7):435-40. PMID: 24134083

Therapy

Sarlin S, Koskela U, Honkila M, Tähtinen PA, Pokka T, Renko M, Tapiainen T
JAMA Netw Open 2023 Nov 1;6(11):e2340608. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.40608. PMID: 37917062Free PMC Article
Hoberman A, Preciado D, Paradise JL, Chi DH, Haralam M, Block SL, Kearney DH, Bhatnagar S, Muñiz Pujalt GB, Shope TR, Martin JM, Felten DE, Kurs-Lasky M, Liu H, Yahner K, Jeong JH, Cohen NL, Czervionke B, Nagg JP, Dohar JE, Shaikh N
N Engl J Med 2021 May 13;384(19):1789-1799. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2027278. PMID: 33979487Free PMC Article
Wiegand S, Berner R, Schneider A, Lundershausen E, Dietz A
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2019 Mar 29;116(13):224-234. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0224. PMID: 31064650Free PMC Article
Venekamp RP, Sanders SL, Glasziou PP, Del Mar CB, Rovers MM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jun 23;2015(6):CD000219. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000219.pub4. PMID: 26099233Free PMC Article
O'Neill P
Clin Evid 2002 Jun;(7):236-43. PMID: 12230647

Prognosis

Phillips M, Finelli L, Saiman L, Wang C, Choi Y, Patel J
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2020 Nov 10;9(5):544-550. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa094. PMID: 32886769
Worrall G
Can Fam Physician 2007 Dec;53(12):2147-8. PMID: 18077757Free PMC Article
Pirozzo S, Del Mar C
West J Med 2001 Dec;175(6):402-7. doi: 10.1136/ewjm.175.6.402. PMID: 11733434Free PMC Article
Forer M, Murtagh J
Aust Fam Physician 1995 Nov;24(11):2093, 2097. PMID: 8579546
Bonadio WA
Am J Emerg Med 1994 Mar;12(2):193-206. doi: 10.1016/0735-6757(94)90246-1. PMID: 8161396

Clinical prediction guides

de Sévaux JLH, Damoiseaux RA, van de Pol AC, Lutje V, Hay AD, Little P, Schilder AG, Venekamp RP
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Aug 18;8(8):CD011534. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011534.pub3. PMID: 37594020Free PMC Article
Suzuki HG, Dewez JE, Nijman RG, Yeung S
BMJ Open 2020 May 5;10(5):e035343. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035343. PMID: 32371515Free PMC Article
Leung AKC, Wong AHC
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2017;11(1):32-40. doi: 10.2174/1874609810666170712145332. PMID: 28707578
Isaacson G
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2016 Dec;35(12):e399-e400. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001335. PMID: 27626918
Lieberthal AS, Carroll AE, Chonmaitree T, Ganiats TG, Hoberman A, Jackson MA, Joffe MD, Miller DT, Rosenfeld RM, Sevilla XD, Schwartz RH, Thomas PA, Tunkel DE
Pediatrics 2013 Mar;131(3):e964-99. Epub 2013 Feb 25 doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3488. PMID: 23439909

Recent systematic reviews

Venekamp RP, Sanders SL, Glasziou PP, Rovers MM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Nov 15;11(11):CD000219. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000219.pub5. PMID: 37965923Free PMC Article
Tsergouli K, Karampatakis N, Karampatakis T
Turk J Pediatr 2023;65(3):351-361. doi: 10.24953/turkjped.2022.893. PMID: 37395955
Holm NH, Rusan M, Ovesen T
Dan Med J 2020 Oct 29;67(11) PMID: 33215607
Suzuki HG, Dewez JE, Nijman RG, Yeung S
BMJ Open 2020 May 5;10(5):e035343. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035343. PMID: 32371515Free PMC Article
Venekamp RP, Sanders SL, Glasziou PP, Del Mar CB, Rovers MM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jun 23;2015(6):CD000219. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000219.pub4. PMID: 26099233Free PMC Article

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    Curated

    • NICE, 2022
      UK NICE Guideline NG91, Otitis media (acute): antimicrobial prescribing, 2022

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