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ReviewHNO2025

[Current hypotheses on the development of chronic otitis media with effusion in childhood].

Annette Runge, Sonja Straif, Matthias Santer, Benedikt Hofauer, Herbert Riechelmann

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Review in HNO, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Annette RungeUniversitätsklinik für Hals‑, Nasen‑, Ohrenheilkunde, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Österreich. annette.runge@tirol-kliniken.at.
Sonja StraifUniversitätsklinik für Hals‑, Nasen‑, Ohrenheilkunde, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Österreich.
Matthias SanterUniversitätsklinik für Hals‑, Nasen‑, Ohrenheilkunde, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Österreich.
Benedikt HofauerUniversitätsklinik für Hals‑, Nasen‑, Ohrenheilkunde, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Österreich.
Herbert RiechelmannUniversitätsklinik für Hals‑, Nasen‑, Ohrenheilkunde, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Österreich.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic otitis media with effusion (COME) has a major impact on a child's physical and social development. Socioeconomic risk factors as well as new insights gained with modern laboratory technology and large demographic studies of COME in Central Europe are discussed. In total, 428 articles from the past 8 years on PubMed were reviewed as well as current guidelines of German- and English-speaking countries on COME in children. Problems of many original studies include small patient numbers and bias. In addition, a clear distinction between acute otitis media and COME is often missing. Microbiomic profiles and biofilms seem to play a major role in COME. Established theories on the multifactorial origin of COME are mostly supported by new studies, including new insights into immunological and nutritional risk factors. In addition, the socioeconomic background of a child with COME must not be underestimated, even in first-world countries.

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Otitis Media with EffusionChildChild, PreschoolChronic DiseaseEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleHumansInfantMalePrevalenceRisk FactorsChildChronic infectionHearing impairmentMiddle ear effusionMultifactorial causality

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