Prevalence and Outcome of Otitis Media among Children Attending Usman Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 1
Abstract
Otitis Media (Latin word for "inflammation of the middle ear") is the medical term for middle ear infection. Otitis media is a common illness among children. This is characterized by inflammation of the middle ear involving other areas of the temporal bone contiguous to the middle ear, including the mastoid, perilabyrinth air cells, and the petrous apex. Otitis media is one of the commonest reasons for visit to a pediatrician. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and outcome of otitis media among children attending Usmanu Danfodiyo University teaching hospital, Sokoto. METHODS: Case notes of patients with otitis media were obtained from the records department of the hospital and data was analyzed using SPSS. RESULTS: Of the 129 cases reviewed 65(50.4%) were males and 64 (49.6%) were females with age distribution ranging from one (1) month to fifteen (15) years.The commonest mode of presentation was ear discharge (68.2%) followed by ear pain (57.4%), then nasal discharge (37.2%), fever (20.2%) with other forms of presentation (irritability, vomiting, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, headache, tinnitus, vertigo, hearing loss, neck stiffness) with 14.7% 93 of the patients presented as acute otitis media (72.1%), 30 of the patients with chronic suppurative otitis media (23.3%) and 6 of them with otitis media with effusion (4.7%) A lot of the patients were managed medically (95.3%), just 3.1% were managed conservatively and 1.6% had surgical intervention CONCLUSION: Otitis media should be managed more aggressively with potent antibiotics to prevent development of complications or progression from acute to chronic forms.
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Abdulrahman Adamu Ahmed, Zubairu Umar
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