Assessment of relation between otitis media and wheezy chest in pediatric
mostafa, S., Menazie, E., Ibrahim, A., Elhussieny, F. (2021). Assessment of relation between otitis media and wheezy chest in pediatric. EKB Journal Management System, 2(2), 204-213. doi: 10.21608/jram.2021.73164.1114
Sara L mostafa; Esaad M Menazie; Asmaa A Ibrahim; Fatma N Elhussieny. "Assessment of relation between otitis media and wheezy chest in pediatric". EKB Journal Management System, 2, 2, 2021, 204-213. doi: 10.21608/jram.2021.73164.1114
mostafa, S., Menazie, E., Ibrahim, A., Elhussieny, F. (2021). 'Assessment of relation between otitis media and wheezy chest in pediatric', EKB Journal Management System, 2(2), pp. 204-213. doi: 10.21608/jram.2021.73164.1114
mostafa, S., Menazie, E., Ibrahim, A., Elhussieny, F. Assessment of relation between otitis media and wheezy chest in pediatric. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 2(2): 204-213. doi: 10.21608/jram.2021.73164.1114

Assessment of relation between otitis media and wheezy chest in pediatric

Journal of Recent Advances in Medicine
Article 9, Volume 2, Issue 2, July 2021, Page 204-213  XML PDF (1.71 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jram.2021.73164.1114
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Authors
Sara L mostafa email 1; Esaad M Menazie1; Asmaa A Ibrahim1; Fatma N Elhussieny2
1Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Cairo, Al-Azhar University, Egypt.
2Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Cairo, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Background: In children, wheezing is a common symptom that needs medical consultations, emergency care services, and hospitalization. The middle ear may behave in a "similar manner to the lungs under allergic inflammatory insults" and that the middle ear may be included in the united airways.
Objective: To detect the association between the wheezy chest and the presence of otitis media (OM).
Methodology: This study included 100 children with a wheezy chest, 54 male and 46 females; all cases were subjected to entire history taking, clinical examination, complete blood count (CBC) and C- reactive protein (CRP) analysis, otoscopic examination, tympanometry, audiometry, additionally auditory brain stem response (ABR) in non-cooperative children. 
Results: In the current study, 47 cases (47%) had bronchial asthma, and 53 cases (53%) had pneumonia. Among the studied cases, 43% had OM (61% suffering from bronchial asthma and 26.4% suffering from pneumonia). Among the 43 cases of OM, 39 cases (90.6%) were complicated by conductive hearing loss (CHL), while 4 cases (9.3%) were complicated by sensory neural hearing loss (SNHL). Anemia has a strong correlation with OM.
Conclusion: there is an association between wheezy chest, whether caused by bronchial asthma or pneumonia, and OM development. 
Keywords
OM and wheezy chest in children
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