Marie Gisselsson-Solen, Hasantha Gunasekera, Amanda Hall, Preben Homoe, Kelvin Kong, Tania Sih, Vedantam Rupa, Peter Morris
OBJECTIVE: To summarise the published research evidence on the epidemiology of otitis media, including the risk factors and sequelae associated with this condition. DATA SOURCES: Medline (PubMed), Embase, and the Cochrane Library covering the period from 2019 to June 1st, 2023. REVIEW METHODS: We conducted a broad search strategy using otitis [Medical Subject Heading] combined with text words to identify relevant articles on the prevalence, incidence, risk factors, complications, and sequelae for acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, and chronic suppurative otitis media...
January 28, 2024: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology