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OBJECTIVE: To review our experience and results in the diagnosis and treatment of acute mastoiditis, a pathology with an increasing incidence in the recent years. METHODS: The study reviewed 49 pediatric patients diagnosed and treated of acute mastoiditis between 1994 and 2003 in our hospital. We summarize epidemiologic, laboratory and clinical features. RESULTS: The mean age was 2.5 years. Seventy-five percent of cases were in autumn and winter months and nearly twenty-five percent had been diagnosed in the last year. S. pneumoniae was the most commonly isolated pathogen (28.6%), although a sterile result was the most frequent (38.1%). Twenty-four patients (48.9%) required surgical treatment. Only five patients (10.2%) developed complications. CONCLUSIONS: Acute mastoiditis is a pathology with an important incidence and is generally the consequence of an untreated otitis or an insufficient treatment. Due to the low number of complications, we can not estimate through statistical analysis valid markers like predictors for complication.
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Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use , Mastoiditis/drug therapy , Acute Disease , Age Distribution , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Incidence , Mastoiditis/epidemiology , Recurrence , Retrospective Studies , SeasonsABSTRACT
Objetivo: Revisar en nuestro centro la experiencia y resultados en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la mastoiditis aguda infantil, una patología que ha experimentado un sensible incremento de su incidencia en los últimos años. Material y método: Realizamos un estudio retrospectivo de 49 pacientes menores de 16 años diagnosticados y tratados de mastoiditis aguda entre los años 1994 y 2003 en nuestro hospital. Se analizan diversas variables epidemiológicas, analíticas y clínicas. Resultados: La edad media de los pacientes fue de dos años y medio. El 75% de los casos se produjeron en los meses de otoño e invierno y casi la cuarta parte han sido diagnosticados en el último año. El microorganismo más prevalente fue el S. pneumoniae en un 28,6% de los cultivos estudiados, aunque lo más frecuente (38,1%) fue un resultado estéril de la muestra. Veinticuatro de los pacientes (48,9%) precisaron tratamiento quirúrgico ante la mala evolución clínica. Se presentaron complicaciones en tan sólo cinco pacientes (10,2%). Conclusiones: La mastoiditis aguda sigue siendo una patología con una incidencia importante en nuestro medio y en la cual debemos pensar ante una OMA de mala evolución o que recibe tratamiento antibiótico inadecuado. No ha sido posible realizar análisis estadísticos significativos de variables predictivas de una complicación debido al bajo número de estas
Objective: To review our experience and results in the diagnosis and treatment of acute mastoiditis, a pathology with an increasing incidence in the recent years. Methods: The study reviewed 49 pediatric patients diagnosed and treated of acute mastoiditis between 1994 and 2003 in our hospital. We summarize epidemiologic, laboratory and clinical features. Results: The mean age was 2.5 years. Seventy- five percent of cases were in autumn and winter months and nearly twenty-five percent had been diagnosed in the last year. S. pneumoniae was the most commonly isolated pathogen (28.6%), although a sterile result was the most frequent (38.1%). Twenty-four patients (48.9%) required surgical treatment. Only five patients (10.2%) developed complications. Conclusions: Acute mastoiditis is a pathology with an important incidence and is generally the consequence of an untreated otitis or an insufficient treatment. Due to the low number of complications, we can not estimate through statistical analysis valid markers like predictors for complication
