Otitis Media: State of the art concepts and treatment

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Preciado, Diego (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Otorhinolaryngology.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

Otitis media (OM) is the most common diagnosis at medical visits in preschool-age children, and the literature suggests that as many as 80% of children will suffer from at least one episode. Written by acknowledged experts, this is a state of the art reference on the disesase and controversies in th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I. Introduction
• 1. Introduction: Otitis Media Concepts, Facts, and Fallacies; Part II. Concepts and Diagnosis
• 2. Epidemiology of Otitis Media: What Have We Learned in the New Century Global Health Disparities
• 3. Impact of Genetic Background in Otitis Media Predisposition
• 4. Risk Factors for Recurrent Acute Otitis Media and Chronic Otitis Media with Effusion in Childhood
• 5. Microbiology, Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Antibiotic Treatment
• 6. Abnormal Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Otitis Media
• 7. Basic Science Concepts in Otitis Media Pathophysiology and Immunity: Role of Mucins and Inflammation
• 8. Diagnosis of Otitis Media
• Part III. Treatments
• 9. Treatment: Impact of Vaccination and Progress in Vaccine Development
• 10. Antibiotics for Otitis Media: To Treat or Not to Treat
• 11. Tympanostomy Tube Placement for Management of Otitis Media
• 12. Management of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
• 13. Otitis Media Complications
• 14. Management of Otitis Media in Children Receiving Cochlear Implants.