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Sensitivity and Specificity of Tympanometry in Diagnosis of Serous Otisis Media (SOM) Journal of Otolaryngology-ENT Research Review Article Open Access Sensitivity and specificity of tympanometry in diagnosis of serous otisis media (SOM) Abstract Volume 12 Issue 2 - 2020 Background: Serous Otitis media (SOM) is one of the most commonly encountered Eyad Darraj, Mouhannad Fakoury, Yusur pathologies in children population. Fluids collection often leads to hearing loss with Abdulghafoor subsequent speech and language delay. So early diagnosis and management are of ENT Department, Dubai Health Authority, UAE paramount importance to prevent these sequela. Effective management is often surgical: myringotomy and fluid aspiration. Myringotomy is not only therapeutic procedure, it is also Correspondence: Eyad Darraj, ENT Department, Dubai the gold standard diagnostic method. It has been noticed that many ENT Surgeons in Gulf Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, UAE, region depend on Tympanometry only for SOM diagnosis and ignore a complete clinical Email approach (history, physical examination including pneumatic endoscopy), this has ended up to a considerable unnecessary surgeries with high false positive diagnosis. The aim of this Received: January 30, 2020 | Published: April 29, 2020 study is to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of Tympanometry in diagnosis of SOM in a local study, and to draw the attention of ENT Surgeons in this part of the world not to rush to book patients for myringotomy based on Tympanometry results only. Methods: This cross-sectional study involved patients aged ≤12 yo, whom underwent myringotomy for SOM management during the period: from June 2018 to March 2019 at the ENT - department Dubai Hospital. The evaluation included the presenting complaint, physical examination, preoperative tympanometry result and intraoperative findings. Typ B tympanometry was considered (positive) for the diagnosis of SOM, while other graph types were deemed (negative). Gold standard SOM diagnosis was the intraoperative existence of fluid (positive), and subsequently absence of fluids was (negative) Intraoperative findings were matched with the preoperative tympanometry results, proper statistical schedules were performed and tympanometry sensitivity and specificity were calculated. Results: The study included 139 patients: 90 patients are male (64.7%) and 49 are female (35.3%) with mean age of 5.2 year (SD=2.1). The most common complaint was hearing loss in 77 patient (55.4%). Type B tympanometry found in 113 patients (82.5%) and fluid was found in 111 patients (79.9%). The sensitivity and specificity of Type B tympanometry: 88.2% and 80.7% respectively. Statistical tests found significant findings with P value < 0.05. Conclusions: SOM is common in age group 3-7years. History of hearing loss along with dull tympanic membrane and type B tympanometry strongly suggest SOM. However, in our study we found out that Type B graph highly suggests SOM, while the absence of this graph not necessarily rule out fluid collections. So Physicians should be aware while interpreting tympanometry graphs and evaluate these results in the context of patients’ history and examination. In order to enhance SOM diagnosis, we suggest combining Pneumatic otoscopy findings with Tympanometry graphs. This could be a future research topic: the addition value of Pneumatic otoscopy to Tympanometry graphs in the diagnosis of SOM. Keywords: tympanometry, otoscopic, pneumatic, nintypercent, diagnosis Introduction diagnosed and over-treated.7 Over-treatment leads to unnecessary and inappropriate use of antibiotics, and this eventually leads to Otitis media (OM) is reported as one of the most common illnesses emergence of multidrug-resistant strains of bacterial pathogens. 1–3 affecting children under five years old worldwide. OM may be Serous Otitis Media (SOM) is one type of otitis media and defined as classified into acute and chronic pathology, it may remain persistent fluid collection in the middle ear cavity without signs or symptoms of 4 in early childhood. Prolonged hearing loss and delayed speech are acute ear infection.8 Symptoms usually involve hearing loss or aural potential consequences of chronic otitis media. These long-term fullness but typically do not involve pain or fever. The condition is impacts in children may cause considerable socio-economic costs said to be chronic when the fluid accumulation persists beyond 12 5 to children, parents and the public health system. OM is a serious weeks.9 Diagnosis of SOM is not always easy, and there is significant healthcare concern worldwide, not only because of the distress variability in clinicians’ diagnostic skills, especially among primary that it causes upon patients and their family, but also because of care physicians and pediatricians.10,11 What makes the diagnosis more the substantial economic burden that imposes on the health care challenging is the fact that symptoms of SOM are neither sensitive nor 6 system. Despite the fact that OM is the most commonly diagnosed specific, and some children with SOM are asymptomatic.12 and treated disease in childhood, there is a tendency that it is over- Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com J Otolaryngol ENT Res. 2020;12(2):60‒63. 60 ©2020 Darraj et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and build upon your work non-commercially. Copyright: Sensitivity and specificity of tympanometry in diagnosis of serous otisis media (SOM) ©2020 Darraj et al. 61 Many tools have been developed to improve the accuracy of SOM Results diagnosis, however pneumatic otoscopy remains to be the preferred office-based diagnostic method.13 Other diagnostic tools such as During 12 months period (June 2018-June 2019) 139 EUA EARS impedance audiometry and tympanocentesis further improve the cases were carried out in Dubai Hospital, 90 male (64.7%) and 49 diagnostic accuracy.12 Nintypercent of children (80% of individual female (35.3%). Smallest age was 2 yo, biggest age was 12 yo, and ears) have experienced at least one episode of SOM by age of 10 years the mean age was 5 yo. 14 old. Unlike acute otitis media, prevalence of chronic otitis media Presenting complaint (Table 1): For every single patient, we search with effusion is unknown. Several studies have reported different for the main reason to visit our clinic. estimations of the condition according to age. Rates vary from 13% at one year, 14% at two years, 10% at three years and 2.8% among Table 1 Presenting complaint children aged 7-8 years.15–17 SOM also occurs in adults, this usually occurs following upper respiratory infection, severe nasal allergies Chief Complaint and rapid air pressure changes during flight or scuba diving. Incidence of prolonged SOM in adults is much less common than in children.18 Valid Cumulative Frequency Percent Correct diagnosis is vital for the management of children with Percent Percent SOM. The clinical diagnosis of SOM is made by history, physical examination, pneumatic otoscopy and impedance audiometry. No complaint 39 28.1 28.1 28.1 Otoscopic findings in SOM are mainly different combinations of retraction of the pars tensa and wide variations in color of tympanic Hearing loss 77 55.4 55.4 83.5 membrane. Tympanometry provides useful information about the presence of fluid in the middle ear, mobility of the middle ear Speech delay 4 2.9 2.9 86.3 components, and ear canal volume. Usage of tympanometry has been recommended in conjunction with history and clinical findings Ear itching 14 10.1 10.1 96.4 in the evaluation of SOM-affected patients. Type B tympanogram with flat curve and normal canal volume is considered diagnostic of Irritability 5 3.6 3.6 100.0 SOM. Compared with other types of tympanogram its sensitivity is estimated to be between 56 and 73 percent and specificity between 50 and 98 percent.19 It has been noticed that ENT surgeons in the Gulf Total 139 100.0 100.0 region depend on tympanometry result solely to book their patients for surgery. Hence, the aim of this study is to calculate the sensitivity The chief presenting complaint in the vast majority of our patients and specificity of tympanometry in SOM diagnosis in a local study. was hearing loss (in 55.4% of patients), while 28.1% of our patients This topic has been evaluated in other countries, but the importance of have no frank ear problem and the fluid found out accidentally. It is our study is: it is the first time to be carried out in Dubai. worth noting that 10.1% of our patients presented with ear discomfort Methods and itching. Clinical findings (Table 2): Clinical findings during physical This cross sectional study was carried out on all myringotomy examination were classified into three main categories: Normal cases operated at Dubai Hospital from June 2018 to March 2019. findings, retracted tympanic membrane and dull ear drum. Children included in this study were up to 12 years old. The total number of participant was 139 patients. For every single case, we Table 2 Clinical findings checked the file of the patient looking for the presenting complaint, examination findings and audiometry graph type. Clinical Findings Evaluating the accuracy of tympanometry Valid Cumulative Frequency Percent Percent Percent Impedance audiometer AT235 equipment (Interacoustics AS, Assens, Denmark) was used for tympanogram. The equipment used Normal 7 5.0 5.0 5.0 226 Hz probe tone frequency, and positive and negative pressure sweep between +200 and -400daPa. The sweep speed was 600 daPa/ Retracted TM 55 39.6 39.6 44.6 sec except near the tympanogram peak where it slowed to 200 daPa/ Valid sec, and the compliance range was 0.1 to 0.6ml. Tympanometric curve DULL TM 77 55.4 55.4 100.0 results were classified according to modified Jerger’s classification as types A, B, or C (20) Types A and C curves were interpreted as Total 139 100.0 100.0 no middle ear effusion, while Type B as a predictive of middle ear effusion.20,21 Intraoperative findings of myringotomy were the gold standard of SOM diagnosis, as the actual existence of middle ear Opacity and dullness of the tympanic membrane were found in fluid confirms the diagnosis.
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