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Does Tympanometry Predict Antibiotic Usage in Acute Otitis Media?

NCT01941381 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2018-10-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Due to recent efforts to decrease antibiotic overuse, and reports of high rates of spontaneous resolution for clinically diagnosed Acute Otitis Media(AOM), most physicians now wait 48-72 hours before starting antibiotics for common ear infections. The investigators are interested to see if those patients with documented middle ear effusions, as determined by tympanometry, have higher rates of eventual antibiotic usage than those with normal tympanometry results. If there is a significant disparity between those with a positive tympanogram and those without the investigators may be able to identify a group that will benefit from antibiotics and a group that would not need treatment.

Conditions

  • Acute Otitis Media

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Tympanometry

All patients enrolled with receive a tympanogram. There will be no difference between the follow up in the groups based on the tympanometry results. The study is simply observational

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrew C Dixon, MD · University of Alberta

  • William R Craig, MD · University of Alberta

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2018-09-30
Completion
2018-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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