کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4115683 1606098 2007 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Healthcare givers’ skill and foreign bodies in the ears of children in the tropics
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی بیماری های گوش و جراحی پلاستیک صورت
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Healthcare givers’ skill and foreign bodies in the ears of children in the tropics
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryObjectiveThe aim is to find out the place of clinical skill in the management of foreign bodies in the ear of children by various healthcare givers.MethodCase files of children with foreign bodies in the ears seen in the Otorhinolaryngology Department of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria from 1996 to 2005 were reviewed for all essential clinical data.ResultOf 323 patients studied, 171 (53.00%) males and 152 (47.00%) females, 168 (52.01%) had prior removal attempts done by anxious caregivers or general practitioners before referral; 154 (91.67%) of these had complications. Only 10 (6.45%) of the 155 (47.99%) with removal by ENT registrars had complications.ConclusionComplications found appear to be related to level of clinical skill of individual health caregiver. Wherever possible, first attempt at removing aural foreign bodies should be done by an otorhinolaryngologist. Anxious parents must be discouraged from attempts but if they must attempt to remove ear foreign body, it must be by a safe ear syringing. General practitioners must be aware of their limitations and ENT registrars must be supervised by senior registrars with help of operating microscope to remove foreign bodies from the ears.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology - Volume 71, Issue 2, February 2007, Pages 191–195
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