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Prevalence of Otitis Media with Effusion Among Primary School Age-Children and Etiopathogenic Examination

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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.

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  1. ENT Department, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital 2, Istanbul, Turkey

    Arif Sanli, Mehmet Eken & Suleyman Hilmi Yilmaz

  2. ENT Department Kelkit, Kelkit Public Hospital, Gumushane, Turkey

    Omer Tasdemir

  3. ENT Department Rize, Rize Training and Research Hospital, Rize, Turkey

    Ozlem Celebi

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Sanli, A., Tasdemir, O., Eken, M. et al. Prevalence of Otitis Media with Effusion Among Primary School Age-Children and Etiopathogenic Examination. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 66 (Suppl 1), 95–98 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-011-0336-1

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