Otitis Media

OtoNexus (Seattle) has raised more than $4.4 million as it continues to develop its ultrasound medical device technology to diagnose middle ear infections, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Form D filed this month. OtoNexus  has been seeking a nearly $8.3 million from the money-raise. It previously raised $7.8 million in 2017 . Funders and supporters listed on OtoNexus’ website include the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, Future in Review, AdvaMed and the Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium. Dr. George A. Gates, an emeritus professor at the University of Washington, and Mark A. Moehring, PhD, founded OtoNexus and invented the company’s device, which uses air-coupled ultrasound technology to enable more accurate diagnosis of middle ear infections, also called otitis media. Pediatricians will hopefully be able to better determine whether a child needs an ant...

In almost 70% of bronchiolitis cases, antibiotics prescribed with no concomitant infection. HealthDay News — Most children younger than 2 years with bronchiolitis seen in US emergency departments and prescribed antibiotics have no documented bacterial coinfection, according to a study published online January 17 in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society . Jesse Papenburg, MD, from McGill University in Montreal, and colleagues conducted a repeated cross-sectional analysis of emergency department data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 2007 to 2015. The study population included all children aged <2 years with a discharge diagnosis of bronchiolitis. The researchers identified 59,921 unweighted emergency department visits by pediatric patients during 2007 to 2015; of these, 1.1% met the inclusion criteria, representing an estimated 2.92 million emergency department visits for bronchiolitis in children aged <2 years. Overall, 89.7% ...

Almost one quarter (23.2%) of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in the United States are inappropriate, according to an analysis of new diagnosis codes and insurance claims data from 19.2 million patients. "This study provides the most recent and comprehensive estimates of outpatient antibiotic appropriateness in the US privately insured population to date. Our results show the scale of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing at both the prescription and population levels," the researchers write. Kao-Ping Chua, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Evaluation and Research Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, and colleagues published their findings online January 16 in BMJ . The researchers used a 2016 commercial claims and encounters database with data for individuals aged 0 to 64 years who are beneficiaries of employer-provided private health insurance. Previous research on US outpatient antibiotic appropriateness has relied on pre-2015 da...

This press release was orginally distributed by SBWire Albany, NY -- ( SBWIRE ) -- 01/15/2019 -- The global tympanostomy products market was valued at US$ 89.0 Mn in 2017 and is projected to expand at a CAGR of 1.4% from 2018 to 2026 to reach US$ 102.0 Mn by 2026. High prevalence of otic diseases such as otitis media and introduction of innovative tympanostomy tubes and tube insertion devices are anticipated to drive the adoption of tympanostomy tube insertion procedures across the globe. Rise in prevalence of otitis media among children, increase in population across the globe, and high demand for quality health care & patient safety are expected to propel the global tympanostomy products market. Reluctance of parents toward child's surgery, availability of promising alternative therapies, and fragmented market at regional level are the key factors likely to restrain the global market during the forecast period. Read Report Overview: https://www.transparencymarketresearch.co...

Abstract Objective To assess the appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic prescribing for privately insured children and non-elderly adults in the US using a comprehensive classification scheme of diagnosis codes in ICD-10-CM (international classification of diseases-clinical modification, 10th revision), which replaced ICD-9-CM in the US on 1 October 2015. Design Cross sectional study. Setting MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters database, 2016. Participants 19.2 million enrollees aged 0-64 years. Main outcome measures A classification scheme was developed that determined whether each of the 91 738 ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes “always,” “sometimes,” or “never” justified antibiotics. For each antibiotic prescription fill, this scheme was used to classify all diagnosis codes in claims during a look back period that began three days before antibiotic prescription fills and ended on the day fills occurred. The main outcome was the proportion of fills in each of fou...

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Published 8:30 PM, January 13, 2019 Updated 8:33 PM, January 13, 2019 Graphic by Alyssa Arizabal/Rappler MANILA, Philippines – When the cold weather kicks in, rain and lower temperatures may bring about several common diseases the public should watch out for. The Department of Health (DOH) often reminds Filipinos of several health tips to prevent illness during these periods. Among the top "cold weather diseases," most common in the Philippines are those that affect the respiratory tract such as influenza and pneumonia. According to the World Health Organization, deaths due to the flu or pneumonia reached some 75,970 or about 12.27% of total deaths in the country in 2017. The two diseases are also among the top 10 leading cases of morbidity in the Philippines as of 2017. Listed below are their signs and symptoms, how they are spread, how they can be treated, and how they can be prevented: FLU. A common cold weather disease is the flu. Photo from Shutterstoc...