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Download PDF High Priority Status: No / N/A CBE Number: N/A Measure Description: Percentage of patients aged 6 months to 12 years of age with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion (OME) including chronic serous, mucoid, or nonsuppurative OME of ≥ 3 months duration…

Download PDF High Priority Status: No / N/A NFQ Number: N/A Measure Description: Percentage of patients aged 6 months to 12 years of age with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion (OME) including chronic serous, mucoid, or nonsuppurative OME of ≥ 3 months duration…

Download PDF High Priority Status: No; N/A NQF Number: N/A Percentage of patients age 6 months to 12 years of age at the time of the visit with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion (OME) including chronic serous, mucoid, or nonsuppurative OME…

Download PDF High Priority: Yes; Appropriate Use Percentage of patients age 2 months through 12 years with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion who were not prescribed or recommended the use of steroids (either oral or intranasal), antimicrobials, antihistamines, or decongestants as therapy. Denominator…

Download PDF High Priority: No; N/A Percentage of patients age 6 months to 12 years of age at the time of the visit with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion including chronic serous, mucoid, or nonsuppurative otitis media with effusion of ≥3 months…

Research Needs section from Otitis Media with Effusion CPG Diagnosis Further standardize the definition of OME and distinctions with regard to fluid from varying etiologies. Assess the performance characteristics of pneumatic otoscopy as a diagnostic test for OME when performed by primary care physicians and…

Download PDF High Priority: Yes; Appropriate Use NQF Number: N/A Percentage of patients age 2 months through 12 years with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion who were not prescribed or recommended the use of steroids (either oral or intranasal), antimicrobials, antihistamines, or…

Download PDF High Priority: No; N/A NQF Number: N/A Percentage of patients age 6 months to 12 years of age at the time of the visit with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion including chronic serous, mucoid, or nonsuppurative otitis media with…

s Otolaryngology Learning Network: www.otologic.org AAO-HNSF Clinical Practice Guideline: Otitis Media with Effusion (Update) Research Needs section from CPG Otitis Media with Effusion (Update). Press Release & Fact Sheet Medscape Medscape via WebMD Interested in Additional Patient Information on Otitis Media with Effusion…

The guideline was published as a supplement in the February 2016 issue of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery. The purpose of this multidisciplinary guideline is to identify quality improvement opportunities in managing otitis media with effusion (OME) and to create explicit and actionable recommendations to…

Download PDF High Priority Status: Yes / Outcome CBE Number: N/A Measure Description: Percentage of patients aged 6 months and older with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion (OME) who are seen 2 to 8 weeks after tympanostomy tube surgery and OME is resolved…

Download PDF High Priority Status: Yes / Outcome NQF Number: N/A Measure Description: Percentage of patients aged 6 months and older with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion (OME) who are seen 2 to 8 weeks after tympanostomy tube surgery and OME is resolved…

Download PDF High Priority Status: Yes; Outcome NQF Number: N/A Percentage of patients aged 6 months and older with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion (OME) who are seen 2 to 8 weeks after tympanostomy tube surgery and OME is resolved. Denominator: Patients…

of age with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion who are seen 2 to 8 weeks after tympanostomy tube surgery and otitis media with effusion is resolved. Denominator: Patients >12 years of age with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion who undergo tympanostomy…

12 years with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion who are seen 2 to 8 weeks after tympanostomy tube surgery and otitis media with effusion is resolved. Denominator: Patients age 6 months to 12 years with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion who…

Download PDF High Priority: Yes; Outcome Percentage of patients aged 6 months and older with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion who are seen 2 to 8 weeks after tympanostomy tube surgery and otitis media with effusion is resolved. Denominator: Patients aged 6 months…

Download PDF High Priority: Yes; Outcome NQF Number: N/A Percentage of patients aged 6 months and older with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion who are seen 2 to 8 weeks after tympanostomy tube surgery and otitis media with effusion is resolved. Denominator…

Experts Update Best Practices for Managing Ear Fluid in Children Highlights: About 90% of children have otitis media with effusion (OME), or ear fluid, by 5 years of age. Ear fluid is especially prevalent in children with developmental difficulties. Approximately 2.2 million new cases…