%0 Journal Article
%T Consideraciones cl¨ªnico epidemiol¨®gicas sobre la otitis media aguda antes del primer a£¿o de vida
%A Reyes Concepci¨®n
%A Daniel
%J Revista Habanera de Ciencias M£¿£¿dicas
%D 2012
%I Ministerio de Salud Publica
%X introduction: acute otitis media is very frequent in children and they suffer it once or more during the first year of life. objectives:to describe some of the main epidemiological characteristics of acute otitis media in children under one year old. methods: it was carried out a transversal and descriptive study in 91 children at the children's university hospital in centro habana municipality in the period september 2009 - july 2011. a survey concerning risk factors of this disease was made and statistical data such as causes and frequency of this disease were applied in software excel. results: there was a prevalence of this disease in male children. greatest morbidity was found in group of children over six months old prevailing fever and irritability. the associated risk factors more frequent were: previous acute breathing infection, bad nasal hygiene and being a passive smoker. conclusions: children's acute otitis media is a disease of multifactor occurrence.
%K acute otitis media
%K risks
%K children.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1729-519X2012000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en