Open AccessOtologic Examination Findings In Afebrile Young Infants Clinically Diagnosed With Acute Otitis Media
Author(s) -
Son H McLaren,
Nipam Shah,
Suzanne M. Schmidt,
Aijin Wang,
J. Thompson,
Peter Dayan,
Christopher M. Pruitt
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000003537
Subject(s) - medicine , otitis , erythema , acute otitis media , physical examination , pediatrics , ear disease , retrospective cohort study , dermatology , surgery , hearing loss , audiology
There are limited data on examination criteria for diagnosing acute otitis media in young infants. In this 33-site retrospective study of afebrile infants ≤90 days, clinicians typically documented tympanic membrane erythema with ≥1 other otologic abnormalities (64.1%) to diagnose acute otitis media. Notable differences in ear examination findings used for diagnosis existed across age subgroups.