Otitis Media
Also written as OM.
Respiratory signs – cough, hemoptysis, dyspnoea, sinusitis, otitis media: Pulmonary capillaritis (hemoptysis) is typical of ANCA vasculitis; chronic sinusitis points to granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
What our notes say
- Respiratory signs – cough, hemoptysis, dyspnoea, sinusitis, otitis media: Pulmonary capillaritis (hemoptysis) is typical of ANCA vasculitis; chronic sinusitis points to granulomatosis with polyangiitis. (Vasculitis)
- There is usually a viral cause, but disease may be\ncomplicated by lower respiratory tract infection, sinusitis, acute lar\nyngitis or otitis media. (Davidson's Essentials of Medicine - 2nd)
- Abscesses in the frontal lobe are often caused by extension from sinusitis or orbital cellulitis, whereas abscesses located in the temporal lobe or cerebellum are frequently associated with otitis media and mastoiditis. (Other CNS Infections)
- Complications: pneumonia, otitis media, diarrhoea, encephalitis, blindness and malnutrition. (Paediatrics and Child Health end of semester examination (MBPE): 10 January 2023)
- Give vitamin A to all children with measles, and watch for pneumonia, otitis media, diarrhoea and encephalitis. (Paediatrics Question Bank: 12 Clinical MCQs)
- Predisposing factors: Establish HIV status, ART history, prior tuberculosis or contact, sickle cell disease, recent otitis media, sinusitis, or base of skull trauma (rhinorrhoea/otorrhoea). (Bacterial meningitis and encephalitis)
Study material on Otitis Media
- Kaplan Pediatrics pdf-notes 201506051322 - flattened (2)
- Devendra K. Gupta, Krishna M. Goel - Hutchison’s Paediatrics. chdhe-Jaypee Brothers (2012)
- BABY NELSON PEADS
- Harrisons Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Davidson's Essentials of Medicine - 2nd
- Streptococcus pneumoniae: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features and Management — Notes
- paediatric diseases