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Biagio-de Jager, Leigh
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Swanepoel, De Wet
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Laurent, Claude
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Lundberg, Thorbjörn
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-08-08T11:01:31Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-08-08T11:01:31Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2014-06 |
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dc.description.abstract |
BACKGROUND. No published studies on the prevalence of paediatric otitis media at primary healthcare clinics (PHCs) in South Africa (SA)
are available.
OBJECTIVE. To examine the point prevalence of otitis media in a paediatric population in a PHC in Johannesburg, SA, using otomicroscopy.
METHODS. A sample of 140 children aged 2 - 16 years (mean 6.4; 44.1% females) were recruited from patients attending the PHC.
Otomicroscopy was completed for each of the participants’ ears by a specialist otologist using a surgical microscope.
RESULTS. Cerumen removal was necessary in 36.0% of participants (23.5% of ears). Otitis media with effusion was the most frequent
diagnosis (16.5%). Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) was diagnosed in 6.6% of children and was the most common type of otitis
media in participants aged 6 - 15 years. Acute otitis media was only diagnosed in the younger 2 - 5-year age group (1.7%). Otitis media was
significantly more prevalent among younger (31.4%) than older children (16.7%).
CONCLUSION. CSOM prevalence, as classified by the World Health Organization, was high. Consequently diagnosis, treatment and
subsequent referral protocols may need to be reviewed to prevent CSOM complications. |
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dc.description.librarian |
am2014 |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.samj.org.za |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Biagio, L, Swanepoel, DW, Laurent, C & Lundberg, T 2014, 'Paediatric otitis media at a primary healthcare clinic in South Africa', South African Medical Journal, vol. 104, no. 6, pp. 431-435. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0256-9574 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2078-5135 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.7196/SAMJ.7534 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41126 |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
Health and Medical Publishing Group |
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dc.rights |
Health and Medical Publishing Group |
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dc.subject |
Paediatric otitis media |
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dc.subject |
Primary health care clinics |
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dc.subject |
South Africa (SA) |
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dc.title |
Paediatric otitis media at a primary healthcare clinic in South Africa |
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dc.type |
Article |
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