title: Prevalence of otitis media with effusion among primary school age-children and etiopathogenic examination.
abstract: A prevalence study was carried out in order to look into the etiopathogenic relation of otitis media with effusion (OME) in primary school-age children. The study included ENT examination and a questionnaire that was carried out in 4 randomly selected schools on 1,165 children. 143 of the cases (12.2%) had OME. A significant relation between OME and adenoid vegetation was found (P<0.01) while no significant relation between EOM and recurrent tonsillitis and allergic rhinitis was found (P>0.05). As a result, OME is a common disease that can lead to other hard-to-cure health problems and be costly if etiopathogenic factors are not resolved on time.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital 2, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Arif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanli
authors.affiliation: ENT Department Kelkit, Kelkit Public Hospital, Gumushane, Turkey.
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tasdemir
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital 2, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eken
authors.affiliation: ENT Department Rize, Rize Training and Research Hospital, Rize, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Celebi
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital 2, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Suleyman Hilmi
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
keywords: Etiology; Otitis media with effusion; Prevelance