Tympanometry in the Emergency Management of Children with Acute Otitis Media

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

Conditions: Acute Otitis Media
Ear - Other ear disorders

Registration Number: ACTRN12617001504303

Lead Sponsor: Caboolture Hospital

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Withdrawn

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

Children aged between 6 months and 5 years of age attending the Caboolture Hospital Emergency Department within normal office hours with suspected uncomplicated Acute Otitis Media.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria include children outside the age range, recent antibiotic usage within 30 days and/or systemic features necessitating antibiotic treatment (including septicaemia, meningitis, pneumonia or urinary tract infection). Children will also be excluded if they have insitu grommets, chronic middle ear pathology and genetic conditions with anatomic abnormalities, include Downs Syndrome, cleft palate and immune deficiencies.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of children diagnosed with Acute Otitis Media, as recorded in the child's medical record.[The medical records for each child will be updated with the current diagnosis before the child is discharged from the emergency department. This will occur within 3 hours of admission to the emergency department.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
A comparison of Length Of Stay times for children between the two groups. This will be determined by the Emergency Department records and the child's medical records.[This outcome will be recorded once the child attends the emergency department, when they are triaged and at completion of the visit/discharge from ED. Results for all children will be analysed for statistical significance at 12 months after randomisation, during the data analysis phase.];Percentage of children prescribed antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media. This will be determined by electronic chart review after the child has been discharged from the ED.[Data will be collected after the child has been discharged from the ED and within 1 week.]