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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

The Recommendations for Clinical Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media (Middle Ear Infection) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations are directly linked to; 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 2001 (PDF 315 KB)

Management Algorithms 2001(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)

Please refer to the revised edition of the Recommendations for Clinical Care Guidelines on Management of Otitis Media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations 2010

PDF printable version: Recommendations for Clinical Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media (Middle Ear Infection) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations 2010 (PDF 315 KB)

HTML version: Recommendations for Clinical Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media (Middle Ear Infection) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations 2010

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