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OTITIS MEDIA
Babak Saedi
Imam Khomeini Hospital
OTITIS MEDIA
Definition: Presence of a middle ear infection
 Acute Otitis Media: occurrence of bacterial
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infection within the middle ear cavity.
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Otitis Media with Effusion: presence of
nonpurulent fluid within the middle ear cavity
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OM is the second most common clinical
problem in childhood after upper
respiratory infection.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
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Peak incidence in the first two years of life (esp. 6-12
months)
Boys more affected girls
50% of children 1 yr of age will have at least 1
episode.
1/3 of children will have 3 or more infections by age 3
90% of children will have at least one infection by age
6.
Occurs more frequently in the winter months
MICROBES AT FAULT!!!
Streptococcus pneumoniae
 Haemophilus influenzae(non-typeable)
 Moraxella catarrhalis
 Group A Streptococcus
 Staph aureus
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa
 RSV assoc. with Acute Otitis Media
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Classification of Otitis Media
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Acute Otitis Media: presents with fever,
otalgia, and hearing loss
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Otitis Media with Effusion: evidence of
middle ear effusion on pneumatic otoscopy
 Recurrent Otitis Media: inability to clear
middle ear effusions
 Chronic Serous Otitis Media: presents as
‘fullness in the ear’, tinnitus, or another acute
disease.
RISK FACTORS
Upper Respiratory Infections
 Allergies
 Craniofacial abnormalities (cleft palate)
 Down’s Syndrome
 Passive smoking
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PATHOGENESIS
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This problem mainly deals with eustacian
tube dysfunction. Otitis Media usually follows
an URI in which there is edema of the
eustacian tube, leading to blockage. Stasis of
these middle ear secretions lead to infection
and irritation
 Other factors: allergic rhinitis, nasal polyps,
adenoidal hypertrophy
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
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Neonates/Infants: change in behavior, irritability,
tugging at ears, decreased appetite, vomiting.
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Children(2-4): otalgia, fever, noises in ears, cannot
hear properly, changes in personality
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Children (>4): complain of ear pain, changes I
personality
On Physical exam…
The classic description for Otitis Media
is an erythematic, opaque, bulging
tympanic membrane with loss of
anatomic landmarks including a
dull/absent light reflex.
 Pneumatic Otoscopy: decreased
tympanic membrane mobility
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
Otitis externa
 Bullous myringitis
 Cerumen impaction
 Dental abscess
 Foreign body in ear canal
 Referred pain (parotid/tooth/lymphadenitis)
 Tonsilitis
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TREATMENT
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Amoxicillin: 20-40 mg/kg/day tid for 10-14 days
or,
Augmentin: 45 mg/kg/day po bid for 10-14 days
 Auralgan: analgesic/adjunct for ear pain 2-4 drops
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tid
nd
2
Line Treatment Regimen
Cefzil
 Pediazole ( erythromycin/sulfisoxazole)
 Bactrim (trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
 These medications are used as
secondary agents if the primary
antibiotic has failed after 10 days and
the symptoms persists.
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COMPLICATIONS
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Hearing loss: conductive, sensoneural, mixed)
Acute mastoiditis: before the advent of antibiotics
 Chronic perforation of the TM
 Tympanosclerosis
 Cholesteatoma
 Chronic suppurative OM
 Cholesterol granuloma: ‘Blue drum syndrome’
 Facial nerve paralysis
Complications cont…
Intracranial complications
 Bacterial meningitis
 Epidural abscess
 Subdural empyema
 Brain abscess
 Otitic hydrocephalus
 Lateral sinus thrombosis
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Normal Tympanic Membrane
Acute Otitis Media
Otitis Media
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Red, Bulging
 Hyperemia
 Dullness of light reflex
 Opaque
Serous OM
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Bulging, amber drum
 Decreased mobility
Bullous Myringitis
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Large vesicles/bullae
visible on the drum
 Landmarks obscured
 Drum is reddened
 Viral infection
characterized by
painful hemorrhage
Otitis Externa
Tympanic Membrane Perforation
Tympanic Membrane Perforation