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Diagnosis of Otitis Media

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Otitis media with effusion (OME) and acute otitis media (AOM) are exceedingly common diseases, especially in the pediatric population. Treatment for OME and AOM are predicated on accurate diagnosis. Increasing effort is being made to be clarify diagnostic criteria to be certain of diagnosis of AOM before prescribing antibiotic therapy so as to reduce antibiotic burden and decrease healthcare expenditure. Despite this, there is no gold standard for the diagnosis of AOM or OME. It is a clinical diagnosis with evolving symptoms based on disease state and progression. The purpose of this section is to detail the diagnostic modalities available and demonstrate how they might be used to guide therapeutic intervention.

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    Diego Preciado

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Grindle, C. (2015). Diagnosis of Otitis Media. In: Preciado, D. (eds) Otitis Media: State of the art concepts and treatment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17888-2_8

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