[About correlation between sudden unexpected death and otitis media occulta in infancy and childhood (author's transl)].
The upper respiratory tract and the middle ears of 100 suddenly deceased infants and children between 1 month to 6 1/2 years were examinated. Otitis media was found unilateral in 11% and bilateral in 82% of the cases. Comparison with 74 other infants and children showed much less inflammatory processes. One third of the cases of middle-ear inflammation was chronic with exacerbation of the process. Possible correlations between otitis media and sudden unexpected deaths of infants are discussed. Otitis media seems to be important, together with other respiratory diseases. Otitis media alone as a cause of death is seldom. The frequency and the often chronic progress show the importance of the otitis media.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003645:Death, Sudden; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000401:mortality; D013398:Sudden Infant Death
Zur Frage des Zusammenhanges zwischen plötzlichem Tod und Otitis media occulta im Säuglings- und Kleinkindesalter