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Clinical Trial
. 2005 Jan;56(1):1-5.
doi: 10.1016/s0001-6519(05)78561-7.

[The effect of AM3 in the resolution of otitis media with effusion (OME) in paediatric patients]

[Article in Spanish]
P Ortega del Alamo  1 , T Rivera Rodríguez, R Sanz Fernández
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Clinical Trial

[The effect of AM3 in the resolution of otitis media with effusion (OME) in paediatric patients]

[Article in Spanish]
P Ortega del Alamo et al. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 2005 Jan.
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Abstract

Objective: Otitis media with effusion (OME) is one of the most frequent diseases and the main cause of hearing loss in childhood. The medical treatment for OME includes antibiotics, antihistamine-decongestant combinations, steroids and Eustachian-tube autoinflation as the Valsalva manoeuvre.

Methods: A total of 62 children aged 2 to 8 years with a diagnosis of OME were enrolled in a prospective study to assess the resolution of OME. Patients were given antibiotics treatment with or without associated AM3.

Results: After 2 months of treatment, the rate of complete resolution of OME was greater in AM3 treated group than in the non-AM3 treated group (57.6% vs 27.6%) with a statistically significant difference (p<0.017).

Conclusions: These results show that AM3 treatment has a beneficial effect on OME resolution when it is associated to antibiotic treatment.

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  • [Treatment the secretory otitis with AM3].
    Cabra Dueñas J. Cabra Dueñas J. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 2005 Jun-Jul;56(6):282-3; author reply 283. doi: 10.1016/s0001-6519(05)78615-5. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 2005. PMID: 15999796 Spanish. No abstract available.

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