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Ear Disorders: In a Nutshell (Pediatric Nursing)

by Paula Ruedebusch

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    00:01 In a nutshell.

    00:02 The ear anatomy makes pediatric patients more susceptible to ear patholo Acute otitis media is a bacterial infection in the middle ear.

    00:11 We have two groups - the treatment group and the observation group.

    00:15 Otitis media with effusion is a non-infected state and this is just fluid in the middle ear.

    00:21 This does not require antibiotic treatment.

    00:24 Otitis externa again is an external ear infection.

    00:28 And complications of all of these are rare but can be life threatening.

    00:32 Thank you for listening to this lecture on common ear conditions.


    About the Lecture

    The lecture Ear Disorders: In a Nutshell (Pediatric Nursing) by Paula Ruedebusch is from the course Eye, Ear, and Throat Disorders – Pediatric Nursing.


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    1. The anatomy of pediatric clients makes them more susceptible than adults.
    2. Acute otitis media is a bacterial infection of the middle ear that can be treated or observed.
    3. Complications are rare but can be life threatening.
    4. Antibiotics should be the first consideration for clients presenting with acute otitis media of any severity.
    5. Otitis media with effusion is an acute infection that requires immediate intervention with antibiotics.

    Author of lecture Ear Disorders: In a Nutshell (Pediatric Nursing)

     Paula Ruedebusch

    Paula Ruedebusch


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