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The Recommendations for Clinical Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations, March 2001

OATSIH commissioned the development of a set of resources for primary health care providers outlining the latest evidence on the treatment of middle ear infection in this high-risk population. The set of resources includes: Recommendations for Clinical Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media (Middle Ear Infection) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations; the Systematic Review of Existing Evidence and Primary Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations; and the Management of Middle Ear Infection in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations: Plain Language Summary of the Systematic Review on the Management of Otitis Media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations.

Clinical Management of Otitis Media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations

Middle ear infections are very common in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, and represent the most common cause of conductive hearing loss among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Effective clinical management of the condition is essential to minimise this risk and its consequences in terms of language development, education and socialisation.

The otitis media package was distributed to key stakeholders across Australia in August 2001. There has been a reprint of the otitis media package in July 2002. The package includes:

• The Systematic Review of Existing Evidence and Primary Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations, March 2001; and

• The Management of Middle Ear Infection in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations: Plain Language Summary of the Systematic Review on the Management of Otitis Media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations, March 2001.

• Recommendations for Clinical Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media (Middle Ear Infection) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations (PDF 315 KB)

Management Algorithms (included in the Recommendations):

1: Could this child have a middle ear infection (otitis media) (PDF 118 KB)

2: Management of Bilateral Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) in high-risk populations (PDF 127 KB)

3: Management of Acute Otitis Media (AOM) without perforation in high-risk populations (PDF 103 KB)

4: Management of Acute Otitis Media (AOM) with perforation in high-risk populations (PDF 111 KB)

5: Management of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) in high-risk populations (PDF 136 KB)

6: Management of Dry Perforation in high-risk populations (PDF 94 KB)

7: Could this child have an important hearing loss due to middle ear infection? (PDF 109 KB)

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