Otitis Media in Infants and ChildrenThe new edition of this classic text provides a critical and contemporary review of the latest medical findings on otitis media and effusion. Each chapter has been substantially updated to include the latest studies of the anatomy and physiology of the Eustachian tube, current guidelines for clinical and microbiologic diagnosis and case management, up-to-date information about antibiotic resistance, the role of alternative medicine in treatment, and new data on viral and bacterial vaccines for prevention. The authors have included an extensive bibliography of citations for research published during the past five years in peer-reviewed literature along with cross-referenced citations for key chapters from other books by Drs. Bluestone published by BC Decker. Written for the otolaryngologist and pediatrician, this book combines clinical excellence with a passionate commitment to the well-being of infants and children. Focus is given to children who suffer impairment of speech, language and hearing after repeated episodes of otitis media. |
Contents
Definitions Terminology and Classification | 1 |
Anatomy | 21 |
Physiology Pathophysiology and Pathogenesis | 41 |
Epidemiology | 73 |
Microbiology | 101 |
Immunology | 127 |
Diagnosis | 147 |
Management | 213 |
Complications and Sequelae Intratemporal | 327 |
Complications and Sequelae Intracranial | 433 |
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Acta Otolaryngol Stockh acute mastoiditis acute otitis media adenoidectomy adults advances in otitis Alper CM amoxicillin Ann Otol Rhinol antibiotic antibody antimicrobial antimicrobial agents Arch Otolaryngol Head atelectasis bacterial Bluestone CD Casselbrant ML catarrhalis cefaclor cells cephalosporins child cholesteatoma chronic otitis media chronic perforation chronic suppurative otitis cleft palate clinical trial colleagues diagnosis drug editors effective efficacy episodes of AOM eustachian tube eustachian tube function Head Neck Surg hearing loss infants and children influenzae Int J Pediatr intracranial Laryngoscope Lim DJ mastoidectomy media with effusion meningitis middle ear middle-ear disease middle-ear effusion middle-ear fluid myringotomy nasopharyngeal negative pressure obstruction ossicular otalgia Otol Rhinol Laryngol Otolaryngol Head Neck otorrhea otoscope pathogenesis pathogens patients Pediatr Pediatr Infect Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol penicillin persistent pneumococcal present retraction pocket sequelae serum Streptococcus pneumoniae suppurative suppurative otitis media surgery tensor veli palatini tion treatment tympanic membrane tympanometry tympanoplasty tympanostomy tube vaccine