Indications for surgery in acute mastoiditis and their complications in children

Zanetti, Diego; Nassif, Nader

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.12.002

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“…In our study 40% of our patients developed an AM without any background of AOM, these results are in accordance with the literature data [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

Section: Minor Issues Of the Studysupporting

confidence: 93%

Acute mastoiditis in children: A retrospective study of 188 patients

Quesnel

Nguyen

Pierrot

et al. 2010

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

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“…In our study 40% of our patients developed an AM without any background of AOM, these results are in accordance with the literature data [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

Section: Minor Issues Of the Studysupporting

confidence: 93%

Acute mastoiditis in children: A retrospective study of 188 patients

Quesnel

Nguyen

Pierrot

et al. 2010

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

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“…Our experience confirmed that in some cases acute mastoiditis may be the first clinical sign of middle ear infection, as reported by numerous authors [12,13] . This is more often found in young children, especially those younger than two years of age [14] .…”

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confidence: 91%

Acute Mastoiditis in Children as Persisting Problem

Djerić¹,

Folić²,

Blažić³

et al. 2014

Int Adv Otol

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OBJECTIVE: Acute mastoiditis is serious otological condition which may cause difficult, sometimes fatal complications. The aim of the study is to present our experiences in diagnosis and treatment of acute mastoiditis in children. MATERIALS and METHODS:Medical records of 52 children with diagnosis of acute mastoiditis were reviewed retrospectively. Data on clinical presentation, laboratory tests, microbiological and radiological features, prehospital treatment and delay in making the diagnosis, hospital treatment and outcome were analyzed. A relationship between white blood cell count or level of C-reactive protein and therapeutic protocols was investigated. RESULTS:All children were admitted as emergency patients and were treated with intravenous antibiotics. Almost 15% of patients were not examined by a doctor prior to hospitalization. The conservative treatment was successfully conducted in 15% of patients. One-third of the patients were recovered after myringotomy. Almost a half of the patients underwent surgical procedure such as antrotomy, mastoidectomy or tympanomastoidectomy. Computed tomography (CT) scan was done in patients with signs of developing complications and those with no improvement after the beginning of treatment. CONCLUSION:Acute mastoiditis is still persisting problem in our health care system. An early diagnosis and adequate treatment of acute mastoiditis is essential in order to prevent serious complications.

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“…Zanetti and Nassif [12] assessed the indications for surgery in acute mastoiditis and the outcomes of treatment. This study found that children can fully recover with conservative treatment or with insertion of a MEVT.…”

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confidence: 99%