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Influence of the upper respiratory tract infection on tubal compliance in children with otitis media with effusion.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9288215     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To clarify the influence of inflammation on tubal compliance in children with otitis media with effusion (OME), we investigated the change of compliance of the ET by upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) in 18 children (23 ears) with OME using the forced response test. The tubal compliance index (TCI), the ratio of passive tubal resistances at two different airflow rates, significantly increased during URTI represented by acute rhinitis or paranasal sinusitis in comparison with non-URTI periods (paired t-test: t = 4.14, p < 0.001). In nine ears, the TCI could be followed for some months after that, during which the children had had URTI several times. A clear reproducible correlation was found between the presence or absence of URTI and the TCI values; the TCI values increased again during URTI and decreased after the URTI periods. These results seemed to support our hypothesis that compliance of the ET may depend not only on the property of the cartilaginous framework of the ET but also upon the mucosal condition.
Authors:
M Miura; H Takahashi; I Honjo; S Hasebe; M Tanabe
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta oto-laryngologica     Volume:  117     ISSN:  0001-6489     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Otolaryngol.     Publication Date:  1997 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-12-09     Completed Date:  1997-12-09     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370354     Medline TA:  Acta Otolaryngol     Country:  NORWAY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  574-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Hearing and Speech Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Child
Child, Preschool
Eustachian Tube / physiopathology
Humans
Middle Ear Ventilation*
Otitis Media with Effusion / therapy*
Recurrence
Respiratory Tract Infections / physiopathology*

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