It provides recommendations to primary care clinicians for the management of children from 6 months through 12 years of age with uncomplicated AOM. Amoxicillin 75 mgkgday90 mgkgday divided twice per day as capsules or suspension. In 2009 the AAP convened a committee composed of.
Otitis Media Diagnosis And Treatment American Family Physician
The guideline Otitis Media with Effusion was updated by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgeons and endorsed by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Acute otitis media is diagnosed in patients with acute onset presence of middle ear effusion physical evidence of middle ear inflammation and symptoms such as pain irritability or fever.
Acute otitis media AOM 1. Acute inflammation of the middle ear due to viral or bacterial infection very common in children under 3 years but uncommon in adults. The principal causative organisms of bacterial otitis media are Streptococcus pneumoniae Haemophilus influenzae Moraxella catarrhalis and in. Practice guidelines and other quality enhancement tools or as a basis for reimbursement and.
PCV7 on AOM Microbial Epidemiology Including Acute Mastoiditis and Suppurative.
Prevention or Treatment of Acute Otitis Media in Children with. This evidence-based clinical practice guideline provides recommendations to primary care clinicians for the management of children from 2 months through 12 years of age with uncomplicated acute otitis media AOM. The American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Family Physicians convened a committee composed of primary care physicians and experts in the fields of otolaryngology. See Society guideline links.
Acute otitis media otitis media with effusion and external otitis SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Acute otitis media AOM is an acute suppurative infectious process marked by the presence of infected middle ear fluid and inflammation of the mucosa lining the middle ear space.
Antibiotic guidelines are as for children. Nasal and oral steroids are sometimes indicated for adults with persistent AOM against a background of allergies. More invasive interventions - eg myringotomy - are virtually unheard of in adults since the advent of antibiotics. Admit for immediate assessment.
Acute otitis media AOM occurs much more commonly in children than in adults.
The overall incidence of AOM has decreased over the last several decades. Most cases of AOM occur in young children ages 6 to 24 months with the incidence of AOM declining significantly after age 5 13. Otitis media is best regarded as a spectrum of disease. The most important conditions are acute otitis media without perforation acute otitis media with perforation otitis media with effusion and chronic suppurative otitis media see Table 1There is currently a lack of consistency in definitions of different forms of otitis media especially acute otitis media.
AOM management should include pain evaluation and treatment Antibiotics should be prescribed for bilateral or unilateral AOM in children aged at least 6 months with severe signs or symptoms.
Alternative drugs include trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or second-generation cephalosporins. Complications of acute otitis media are rare in adults. Tympanocentesis is indicated in prolonged or severe otitis media or if a sample for bacterial culture is needed eg immunocompromised patients. See Analgesia and sedation guideline As an adjunct short-term use of topical analgesia eg 2 lignocaine 1-2 drops applied to an intact tympanic membrane may be effective for severe acute ear pain Decongestants antihistamines and corticosteroids are not effective in AOM.
Other pharmacologic therapies have also been used to treat AOM.
Analgesics and antipyretics have a definite role in symptomatic management. Decongestants and antihistamines do not appear to have. Acute symptoms usually resolve within 24 hours in most cases Antibiotics. Commence if distress continues beyond 24-48 hours or if the child is more unwell initially- amoxicillin 15 mgkg max 500 mg orally 8 hourly for 5 days or Erythromycin 15 mgkg max 500 mg orally 8-hourly for 5 days if allergic to penicillin.
Acute otitis media - initial presentation.
Covers the management of people presenting to primary care for the first time with an episode of acute otitis media AOM. Persistent acute otitis media - treatment failure. Covers the management of people returning for medical advice with the same episode of AOM either because symptoms persist after initial. Acute Otitis Media AOM Age 2-6 Months Institute Appropriate Pain Management TABLE A Age 6 months Ill-Appearing Well-Appearing After Pain Management Confirmed OME Review other causes of acute presentation Yes No Other E V A L U A T I O N A N D T R E A T M E N T Pediatric Age 2 Months Acute Otitis Media AOM Guideline Page 1.
Antimicrobial agents for acute otitis media AOM First-line treatment no penicillin allergy.
