Lokman Hekim University Medical College, Dept. of ENT & Head-Neck Surgery, Ankara, Turkey.
Am J Otolaryngol. 2020 May-Jun;41(3):102398. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2020.102398. Epub 2020 Jan 10.
Serous otitis media (SOM) is a disease mostly seen in the pediatric age group and characterized by serous effusion in the middle ear. The disease which is mostly silent can cause permanent hearing loss if it is not diagnosed and treated early. Passive smoking is one of the environmental factors in the etiopathology of the disease and risk factors for SOM formation in children. In our study, smoking habits of family members of 75 children with SOM and 50 healthy controls were investigated. At the end of the study, the correlation between SOM and passive smoke exposed was statistically significant in children (p < 0.01). In this study, the effect of passive smoking, which is a preventable and controllable risk factor in the etiology of the SOM in children is emphasized.
浆液性中耳炎（SOM）是一种主要发生在儿童期的疾病，其特征是中耳中有浆液性渗出物。如果不早期诊断和治疗，这种无症状的疾病可能导致永久性听力损失。被动吸烟是该病病因学中的环境因素之一，也是儿童 SOM 形成的危险因素。在我们的研究中，我们调查了 75 名 SOM 患儿和 50 名健康对照儿童的家庭成员的吸烟习惯。研究结束时，SOM 与被动吸烟之间的相关性在儿童中具有统计学意义（p<0.01）。在这项研究中，强调了被动吸烟作为儿童 SOM 病因中可预防和可控的危险因素的作用。
