title: [Perinatal factors in mucous otitis].
abstract: From the retrospective study of 141 children suffering from mucous otitis requiring drainage, the percentage of 40% perinatal factors (birth by cesareans, prematurity, neonatal intensive care) has been found much higher than in the general population. This suggests: 1. that there is, under these conditions, a deficiency of ventilation of the middle ear linked to a pathology of the "surfactant", and/or to a poor resorption of the intra-auricular fluid and mesenchyma of the drum of the ear; 2. that preventive measures should be taken in this high risk population, consisting of systematic ear examinations with pneumo-otoscopy during compulsory health examinations and tympanometry if an abnormality of the ear drum is found.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk
vernacular_title: Facteurs périnatals de l'otite muqueuse.