Earache.

Abstract

Earache, a common emergency department presentation, may be caused by a variety of conditions, some distant from the ear. This article discusses the diagnosis and treatment of acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, otitis externa, otitis media with ruptured tympanic membrane or tympanostomy tubes, malignant otitis externa, mastoiditis and petrositis, traumatic ruptured tympanic membrane, cerumen impactions, and foreign bodies in the ears.

• Authors: Keith Conover
• Journal: Emergency medicine clinics of North America (Emerg Med Clin North Am) Vol. 31 Issue 2 Pg. 413-42 (May 2013) ISSN: 1558-0539 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 23601480 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Ear, Inner
• Earache (diagnosis, etiology, therapy)
• Emergencies
• Emergency Service, Hospital
• Foreign Bodies (diagnosis, therapy)
• Humans
• Otitis Media (diagnosis, drug therapy, therapy)