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      Epidemiology of Pediatric Tympanostomy Tube Placement in the United States.

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          The prevalence of pediatric tympanostomy tube placement (TTP) in the United States has not been reassessed in the past decade. To assess the prevalence of TTP and frequent ear infections (FEI), the National Health Interview Survey for the calendar year 2014 was used. Among 73.1 million children, 6.26 million (8.6%) had TTP. The incidence of FEI was 3.49 million (4.8%). Males (9.6%) were more likely than females (7.5%) to undergo TTP (P = .004). Among children under 2 years of age, 9.1% reported FEI, compared to 3.9% of children aged 3 to 17 years. Among children under 2 years of age, 25% with FEI received TTP vs 1.5% without FEI (P < .001). Among children aged 3 to 17 years, 31.1% with FEI received TTP vs 8.6% without FEI (P < .001). TTP may be increasing nationally, although further assessment of adherence to clinical practice guidelines is needed to investigate this potential trend.

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          Journal
          Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
          Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
          SAGE Publications
          1097-6817
          0194-5998
          September 2020
          : 163
          : 3
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Otology & Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
          [2 ] Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
          [3 ] Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
          Article
          10.1177/0194599820917397
          32284005
          7ac2c52e-e49d-4c5a-a301-53fd2bfb7624
          History

          acute otitis media,myringotomy,pediatric,tympanostomy tube,ventilation tube

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