Department of Otology & Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Sep;163(3):600-602. doi: 10.1177/0194599820917397. Epub 2020 Apr 14.
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 ( = .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 ( < .001). Among children aged 3 to 17 years, 31.1% with FEI received TTP vs 8.6% without FEI ( < .001). TTP may be increasing nationally, although further assessment of adherence to clinical practice guidelines is needed to investigate this potential trend.
在美国,小儿鼓膜切开术(TTP)的流行率在过去十年中尚未重新评估。为了评估 TTP 和频繁耳部感染(FEI)的流行率,使用了 2014 年的国家健康访谈调查。在 7310 万儿童中,有 626 万人(8.6%)接受了 TTP。FEI 的发病率为 349 万人(4.8%)。男性(9.6%)比女性(7.5%)更有可能接受 TTP( =.004)。在 2 岁以下的儿童中,有 9.1%报告有 FEI,而 3 至 17 岁的儿童有 3.9%。在 2 岁以下的儿童中,25%有 FEI 的儿童接受了 TTP,而没有 FEI 的儿童为 1.5%( <.001)。在 3 至 17 岁的儿童中,有 31.1%有 FEI 的儿童接受了 TTP,而没有 FEI 的儿童为 8.6%( <.001)。TTP 可能在全国范围内增加,尽管需要进一步评估对临床实践指南的遵守情况,以调查这一潜在趋势。