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  • Title: Facial palsy in acute otitis media.
    Author: Ellefsen B, Bonding P.
    Journal: Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci; 1996 Oct; 21(5):393-5. PubMed ID: 8932940.
    Abstract:
    During the 17-year period from 1977 to 1994 a total of 23 patients in Copenhagen County were admitted to hospital with facial palsy, developed during acute otitis media. This corresponds to an annual incidence of 2.3 per million inhabitants. In the pre-antibiotic era it was estimated that 0.5% of patients with acute otitis media developed facial palsy. Our figures indicate a decrease of this complication by a factor of 100, to 0.005%. Although fourteen of the patients were children, the risk of an acute otitis media being complicated by facial palsy seems to be highest in adults (who have a low incidence of acute otitis media). All the children were < or = 3 years of age and 2/3 of the adults > or = 50 years of age. Complete remission was seen in all patients, except one. The time interval to complete remission was correlated significantly with the degree of the facial palsy on admission, as it was longest in the most severe facial palsies.
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