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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

Ahmad Z, Krüger K, Lautermann J, Lippert B, Tenenbaum T, Tigges M, Tisch M
HNO 2023 Aug;71(Suppl 1):67-72. Epub 2023 Jul 25 doi: 10.1007/s00106-023-01299-6. PMID: 37491540Free 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
Marchisio P, Galli L, Bortone B, Ciarcià M, Motisi MA, Novelli A, Pinto L, Bottero S, Pignataro L, Piacentini G, Mattina R, Cutrera R, Varicchio A, Luigi Marseglia G, Villani A, Chiappini E; Italian Panel for the Management of Acute Otitis Media in Children
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2019 Dec;38(12S Suppl):S10-S21. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002452. PMID: 31876601
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

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
Leung AKC, Wong AHC
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2017;11(1):32-40. doi: 10.2174/1874609810666170712145332. PMID: 28707578
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
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
Kronman MP, Gerber JS, Grundmeier RW, Zhou C, Robinson JD, Heritage J, Stout J, Burges D, Hedrick B, Warren L, Shalowitz M, Shone LP, Steffes J, Wright M, Fiks AG, Mangione-Smith R
Pediatrics 2020 Sep;146(3) Epub 2020 Aug 3 doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0038. PMID: 32747473Free 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

Prognosis

Griffiths JL, Goldman RD
Can Fam Physician 2022 May;68(5):345-347. doi: 10.46747/cfp.6805345. PMID: 35552224Free PMC Article
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
Toll EC, Nunez DA
J Laryngol Otol 2012 Oct;126(10):976-83. Epub 2012 Jul 19 doi: 10.1017/S0022215112001326. PMID: 22809689
Vergison A, Dagan R, Arguedas A, Bonhoeffer J, Cohen R, Dhooge I, Hoberman A, Liese J, Marchisio P, Palmu AA, Ray GT, Sanders EA, Simões EA, Uhari M, van Eldere J, Pelton SI
Lancet Infect Dis 2010 Mar;10(3):195-203. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70012-8. PMID: 20185098
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

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
Otteson T
Pediatr Clin North Am 2022 Apr;69(2):203-219. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2022.01.001. PMID: 35337534
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
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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    • NICE, 2022
      UK NICE Guideline NG91, Otitis media (acute): antimicrobial prescribing, 2022

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