Epidemiology of otitis media with effusion in children
Objectives. To determine the prevalence of exudative otitis media (OME) in children according to data from the pediatric otolaryngology department of state budgetary health care institution “Regional Clinical Hospital № 2”. Tyumen city. Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of 20,000 medical records of children hospitalized in the pediatric otorhinolaryngology service for 12 years was conducted. Results and Discussion. The article presents a clinical and statistical analysis of the epidemiology of exudative otitis media in children. The number of children with otitis media was 33% (6509/20000), of which OME occupies a third of the ear pathology 33.02% (2149/6509), which represents 11% of all diseases treated in children (2149/20000), the children with the most prevalence of the disease are the youngest categories of children and those of preschool age constitute the main risk group (84.83%) for the development of OME. Conclusions. The practical equivalence of the quantitative distribution of the SSE by seasons of the year bears witness to the current problem that occurs throughout the year.