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Objective
The aim of this study was to determine tympanometric values of children who attend Oporto daycare centers and further analyze any relations with host and environmental factors.
Methods
Cross sectional study in a randomly selected sample of 117 daycare children up-to 3-years old from Oporto. Tympanometric measures were collected.
Results
Children presented in left ear (LE) a mean peak pressure (PP) of −156.53 daPa and a mean compliance of 0.16 cm3. Right ear (RE) revealed a PP of −145.61 daPa and a compliance of 0.19 cm3. Normal tympanograms (type A) had a lower frequency than abnormal tympanograms (type B and type C). There was a positive association between age and compliance (LE: p = 0.016; RE: p = 0.013) and between the presence of rhinorrhea and PP (LE: p = 0.002; RE: p < 0.05). Abnormal tympanograms were more frequent in Spring (RE: p = 0.009), in younger children (LE: p = 0.03) and in children that had rhinorrhea (LE: p = 0.002; RE: p = 0.044).
Healthy children had a mean PP of −125.19 daPa and a mean compliance of 0.21 cm3 in LE and a mean PP of −144.27 daPa and a mean compliance of 0.22 cm3 in RE.
Conclusion
Tympanometric measures presented in this paper may be applicable to Oporto daycare children up-to 3 years-old. Most of daycare children revealed abnormal tympanograms. Age, rhinorrhea and season influenced children's middle-ear condition.
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Tympanometric values Eustachian tube dysfunction Middle-ear effusion Acute otitis media Upper respiratory infection Daycare children
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Tomé, D., Alexandrino, A. S., Santos, R., Melo, C., Costa, D., & Ferreira, J. (2014). Characterization of middle-ear condition of Oporto daycare children up-to 3 years-old: A cross sectional study. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 78, 2132–2135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.09.022
Editora
Elsevier