Muhammad Riaz, Tahir Rashid, As Javaid W Aqas, Muhammad Fawwad Khan, Maryam Fatima, Shama Jaffery.
Frequency of Otitis Media with Effusion in Children with Allergic Rhinitis.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):127-9.

Background: Otitis media with effusion (OME) causes hearing loss specially in children. It may be associated with allergic rhinitis (AR). No detailed literature is available in our setup in this regard . Aim: To know the burden of OME in children suffering from Allergic Rhinitis. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted at Department of ENT Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore in one year (December 01, 2016 to November 30, 2017). Two hundred and twenty cases meeting inclusion criteria were taken from outdoor of ENT Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore. All cases having allergic rhinitis underwent clinical examination using Tympanometry to diagnose Otitis media with effusion as per operational definition. The data was entered in an attached proforma and analyzed using SPSS version 22. Results The mean age of patients was 8.46+/-3.08 years with minimum and maximum age of 4 and 14 years respectively. There were 120(54.55%) males and 100(45.45%) females. A total of 42(19.09%) cases had OME in children with Allergic rhinitis. Conclusion : A higher frequency of OME (19.09%) was found in children with allergic rhinitis. Therefore, children having allergic rhinitis should also be screened for co-existing conditions like otitis media witheffusion and should be treated along with AR.

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