Otitis Media News

• Amoxicillin Shortage: Practical Guidance for Prescribers The supply of amoxicillin in France is under strain, and health authorities are stressing that antibiotics must not be prescribed when they are not needed (such as for viral infections).
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2022
• Don't Let Amoxicillin Shortage Go to Waste, Abx Stewards Say Experts are trying to view the shortage of a commonly used antibiotic as an opportunity to cut down on overuse of the drugs in general.
  Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2022
• Children From Poorer Zip Codes Often Untreated for Ear Infections Severe complications of otitis media were more common among children living amid poverty and unemployment, a new study has found.
  Medscape Medical News, November 10, 2022
• PCOS in Moms Tied to Health Problems in Kids Children exposed to maternal PCOS were hospitalized at higher rates for conditions like asthma and pneumonia, according to a Canadian study.
  Medscape Medical News, July 18, 2022
• Antibiotic Prescribing Practice Varies Widely in Canada Specific feedback for primary care clinicians could reduce the use of avoidable antibiotics and the potential for the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Pneumonia Shows Strong Connection to Chronic Otitis Media Chronic otitis media was significantly more likely among individuals with a history of pneumonia.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2022
• Unaffiliated Telehealth Doctors May Prescribe More Antibiotics During telehealth visits for acute respiratory infection, third-party acute-care doctors prescribed antibiotics more than twice as often as system-employed doctors, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, March 21, 2022
• Babies Whose Moms Get RSV Vaccine Need Fewer Antimicrobials Babies of moms vaccinated against RSV while pregnant received fewer antimicrobial prescriptions during their first 3 months of life, a multinational study reports.
  Medscape Medical News, March 14, 2022
• ENTs Discourage Ear Tubes for Recurrent AOM Without Effusion A guideline update reaffirms that tympanostomy tubes should not be considered in children with otitis media without middle ear effusion at the time of assessment for the procedure.
  Medscape Medical News, February 16, 2022
• Universal Pneumococcal Vaccines May Increase Antibiotic Resistance Universal vaccines won't necessarily reduce antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, but they may necessitate changes in vaccine policy.
  Medscape Medical News, August 26, 2021
• Marijuana Smoke Increases Risk for Respiratory Infections in Kids Exposure to secondhand marijuana smoke is associated with viral respiratory infections in children, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, August 10, 2021
• Ear Tubes No Better Than Antibiotics for Otitis Media Tympanostomy tubes were not superior to antibiotic treatment for recurrent acute otitis media.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2021
• Delaying Antibiotics for Pediatric Respiratory Infections For pediatric patients with respiratory tract infections, immediately prescribing antibiotics may do more harm than good.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2021
• Social Distancing Impacts Other Infectious Diseases 'These data demonstrate the extent to which transmission of common pediatric infections can be altered when close contact with other children is eliminated,' write the authors of a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, September 14, 2020
• Alert FDA Approves First Drug for Adult-Onset Still's Disease The FDA has expanded the indications for canakinumab (Ilaris) to include all patients with active Still’s disease older than 2 years.
  FDA Approvals, June 19, 2020
• Physicians Caring for Migrants Are 'Screaming Into the Void' Physicians along the border and across the nation tell their stories of providing care to newly arrived migrants in expected and unexpected places.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2019
• Alert 15 Docs Fired From Illinois Health System to Be Replaced With NPs A leaked internal memo says they will be replaced with advanced practice nurses as 'patients have made it very clear that they want less costly care and convenient access for lower-acuity issues.'
  Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2019
• Alert FDA OKs First System for In-Office Tympanostomy Tube Placement The Tubes Under Local Anesthesia (Tula, Tusker Medical) system uses a small electrical current to deliver a local anesthetic into the ear drum prior to tube insertion in the outpatient setting.
  FDA Approvals, November 26, 2019
• DTC Telemedicine Linked to More Antibiotics for ARIs Pediatric direct-to-consumer telemedicine visits resulted in more antibiotic prescriptions and less concordance with prescribing guidelines than in-person visits in a retrospective study.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2019
• Nearly 1 in 4 Antibiotic Rx Still Inappropriate in US Almost one quarter of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions are inappropriate, according to an analysis of data from 19.2 million patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2019