Ehrhardt G
Zentralbl Allg Pathol. 1975;119(1-2):91-9.
The upper respiratory tract and the middle ears of 100 suddenly deceased infants and children between 1 month to 6 1/2 years were examinated. Otitis media was found unilateral in 11% and bilateral in 82% of the cases. Comparison with 74 other infants and children showed much less inflammatory processes. One third of the cases of middle-ear inflammation was chronic with exacerbation of the process. Possible correlations between otitis media and sudden unexpected deaths of infants are discussed. Otitis media seems to be important, together with other respiratory diseases. Otitis media alone as a cause of death is seldom. The frequency and the often chronic progress show the importance of the otitis media.
对100名年龄在1个月至6岁半之间突然死亡的婴幼儿的上呼吸道和中耳进行了检查。发现中耳炎单侧发病的病例占11%，双侧发病的病例占82%。与其他74名婴幼儿相比，炎症过程要少得多。三分之一的中耳炎症病例为慢性，且病情加重。讨论了中耳炎与婴幼儿意外猝死之间可能的关联。中耳炎似乎与其他呼吸道疾病一样重要。仅中耳炎作为死因的情况很少见。其发病频率及常有的慢性病程表明了中耳炎的重要性。
