Publications by authors named "Frida Enoksson"

Article Synopsis
  • The objective of the review was to summarize advancements in otitis media (OM) research from 2019 to 2023, focusing on aspects like immunology, inflammation, environmental impacts, and host-pathogen interactions.
  • Data was gathered from the PubMed database, with literature reviewed by panel members before discussions at a symposium in June 2023.
  • Key findings include new insights on susceptibility to OM due to environmental factors, genetic links, immune system roles, and innovative research areas such as bacterial adaptations and gene expression related to OM.
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Otitis media with effusion (OME) is a common inflammatory disease that primarily affects children. OME is defined as a chronic low-grade inflammation of the middle ear (ME), without any signs of infection and with effusion persisting in the ME for more than 3 months. The precise pathogenesis is, however, not fully understood.

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Objectives: To study the outcome of different surgical methods of treating subperiosteal abscesses resulting from acute mastoiditis.

Methods: Medical records for all children from a Swedish retrospective multicentre study, conducted between 1993 and 2007, with acute mastoiditis and subperiosteal abscess, but without predisposing diseases or other complications, were studied. A total of 115 children aged 0-16 years were identified.

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Conclusions: Recurrences were seen in 5% of all patients with acute mastoiditis (AM). Mastoidectomy had been performed in the majority of the patients with recurrences at their first episode of AM. Compared with the group with a single episode of AM, the recurrent group exhibited more subperiosteal and ear canal abscesses, although they were not more severely ill.

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Objective: To compare the characteristics of acute mastoiditis in children in different age groups in order to identify risk groups and risk factors for acute mastoiditis.

Methods: Records for all children aged 0-16 years treated for acute mastoiditis during 1993-2007 at 33 Ear, Nose and Throat departments in Sweden were reviewed retrospectively according to defined criteria for acute mastoiditis.

Results: A total of 678 cases fulfilled the inclusion criteria.

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Objective: To study whether the incidence and characteristics of acute mastoiditis in children changed in Sweden following the introduction of new guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute otitis media advocating "watchful waiting" as an option in children 2-16 years of age with uncomplicated acute otitis media.

Methods: The records for all patients treated for mastoiditis during 1993-2007 at all Ear, Nose and Throat departments in Sweden were reviewed retrospectively according to defined criteria for acute mastoiditis. In this study the data from children aged 0-16 years were analyzed and compared 71/2 years before and 71/2 years after the introduction of the new guidelines in 2000.

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