Lounsbury B F
Laryngoscope. 1985 Mar;95(3):340-3.
Patients, parents, and physicians are all concerned about the risks of swimming unprotected with middle ear ventilation tubes. The risks have not previously been carefully quantified or correlated with the degree of swimming activity. In this study, 53 children with tympanometrically proven patent long-shafted tubes were allowed to swim unprotected. They suffered six middle ear infections that were clearly caused by swimming. Five of these infections occurred in divers. The rate of infections for divers was approximately one per 100 days of swimming activity. The rate for non-divers was approximately one per 600 days. Unprotected swimming was well accepted by almost all parents and patients. The need for earplugs for all children who swim with long-shafted ventilation tubes is questioned.
患者、家长和医生都担心在中耳通气管未受保护的情况下游泳的风险。此前这些风险尚未得到仔细量化，也未与游泳活动程度相关联。在本研究中，53名经鼓室图证实通气管长轴通畅的儿童被允许在未受保护的情况下游泳。他们发生了6次明确由游泳引起的中耳感染。其中5次感染发生在潜水的儿童中。潜水儿童的感染率约为每游泳100天发生1次。非潜水儿童的感染率约为每600天发生1次。几乎所有家长和患者都欣然接受未受保护的游泳。对于所有佩戴长轴通气管游泳的儿童是否都需要使用耳塞提出了质疑。
