title: Otolaryngologic approach to the diagnosis and management of otitis media.
abstract: Otitis media is a common childhood disease caused by multiple factors. Understanding the pathogenesis of otitis media is important in the diagnosis and management of it. The mode of therapy should be chosen depending on the type and stage of the disease. Treatment options available to an otolaryngologist include antibiotics, tympanocentesis, myringotomy and tympanostomy tube insertions, adenoidectomy with or without tonsillectomy, exploratory tympanotomy, atympanoplasty, and mastoidectomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, California.
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Rhee
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010036:Otolaryngology; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents