A RANDOMISED CONTROL TRIAL OF TREATMENT OF ACUTE DIFFUSE OTITIS EXTERNA WITH LOCAL ANTIBIOTIC EAR DROPS WITH AND WITHOUT ORAL ANTIBIOTICS
| Submitted by : | DR. FARHA A V |
| University: | MANIPAL HOSPITALS, BANGALORE (NATIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATIONS) |
| E-mail : | farha.noushad@gmail.com |
| Supervisor's Name : | DR. SHALINA RAY |
| Year of award : | 2017 |
| Awards : | DIPLOMATE OF NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS IN OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY |
The study intends to look at the outcome differences in the treatment of otitis externa with oral antibiotics. This is a prospective non-blinded randomized comparative study conducted on treatment of acute otitis externa comparing local ear drops alone versus a combination of local with an oral antibiotic for acute otitis externa on a total of 73 patients coming to ENT OPD Manipal hospital Bangalore. The period of study was December 2015 to April 2017.AIM OF THE STUDY was to assess the time taken for the ear to get back to normal and symptomatic relief with local antibiotics vs. a combination therapy of local antibiotic and oral antibiotic and if the latter offers any additional benefit ...
1. Introduction
2. Anatomy of external ear
3. Otitis externa
4. Treatment of AOE
5. Prevention of otitis externa
6. Complications of AOE
7. Numerical rating scale
8. Review of literature
9. Aims and objectives
10. Materials and methods
11. Data collection Techniques and Tools
12. Results
13. Discussion
14. Recommendation and limitations
15. Summary
16. Conclusion
17. References
Annexures
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