 |
|
Treatment of Negative Middle Ear Pressure and Serous Otitis Media With Politzer's TechniqueAn Old Procedure Revisited
Daniel M. Schwartz, PhD;
Richard H. Schwartz, MD;
Nicholas P. Redfield, MD
Arch Otolaryngol. 1978;104(9):487-490.
Abstract
• This study sought to monitor changes in middle ear pressure with tympanometry after a simplified home politzerization maneuver in children who had excessive negative intratympanic pressure and/or serous otitis media. The mean middle ear pressure for 23 children was –201 mm H2O, whereas seven subjects displayed a flat tympanogram that was consistent with the medical diagnosis of serous otitis media. Middle ear pressure measurements with tympanometry at five and ten minutes after politzerization indicated successful tympanic ventilation in 91% and 85% of the ears, respectively. For children with negative intratympanic pressures of –250 mm H2O, data suggested that ventilation was sustained for at least 30 minutes. In general, results lend support for using home politzerization as an alternative or associative treatment in children with high negative pressure and/or serous otitis media.
(Arch Otolaryngol 104:487-490, 1978)
Author Affiliations
From the Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC (Dr D. Schwartz). Dr R. Schwartz is in private practice in West Vienna, Va. Dr Redfield is in private practice in Saginaw, Mich.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 11, 1977.
Read before the Society for Ear, Nose, and Throat Advances in Children, New Orleans, Nov 5, 1976.
Reprint requests to Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20012 (Dr D. Schwartz).
 CiteULike  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter
What's this?
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES
Passive Eustachian Tube Opening Pressure: Its Measurement, Normal Values, and Clinical Implications
Moon and Swanson
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1983;109:364-368.
ABSTRACT
|
