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Prevalence of secretory otitius media among school children in Kuwait

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Jörgen Holmquist ,
Sanad Al Fadala  and
Yaccob Qattan
Jörgen Holmquist*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sabah Hospital and Kuwait University, Kuwait.
Sanad Al Fadala
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sabah Hospital and Kuwait University, Kuwait.
Yaccob Qattan
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sabah Hospital and Kuwait University, Kuwait.
*
Jörgen Holmquist, M.D., Ph.D. University ENT-Clinic, Sahlgren's Hospital, S-413 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Abstract

Tympanometry and otoscopy were performed by the authors on 893 schoolchildren in Kuwait during early 1983. Based on tympanometry 31.3 per cent were found to have tympanograms indicating secretory otitis media. The otoscopic findings confirmed this high prevalence (30.0 per cent). At re-examination three months later, the point prevalence had decreased by almost 5 per cent which is well in accordance with the seasonal variation of this disease.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 2 , February 1987 , pp. 116 - 119
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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