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- Title
MANAGEMENT OF COTTON BUD INDUCED OTITIS EXTERNA BY UNIQUE METHOD.
- Authors
Shabbir Bukhari, Syed Muhammad Asad; Aslam, Sohail; Riaz, Naeem; Ayub, Muhammad Waqas; Saeed, Irfan; Asghar, Adnan; Khan, Muhammad Fahad Wasim
- Abstract
Objective: To compare the recovery of patients in both groups having acute otitis externa induced by cotton buds/various objects. One group by old method and second group by unique method. Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Pakistan Naval Ship Shifa Karachi, from Jan to Dec 2020. Methodology: Non-probability convenience sampling technique was applied. Out of 50 cases were selected for group 1 management. Fifty cases were selected for group 2 management. A chi-square test was applied to compare the recovery of two groups of patients on the 14th day and 42nd day of follow-up. p-value was kept 0.05 as significant. Results: A total of 100 cases were treated in 2 groups. The gender distribution of the study was 54 females and 46 males. The mean age of the study population was 33.09 ± 12.93 years. p-value was calculated on the 14th day and 42nd days. A 2x2 table of 14th follow up day showed recovery by both groups with a p-value of 0.041 which is <0.05. This showed that group 2 management was statistically better than group 1 management. Conclusion: The second group was managed with eardrops containing Betamethasone and Neomycin. This management protocol is unique and better than conventional management as done in the first group.
- Publication
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021, Vol 71, pS448
- ISSN
0030-9648
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.51253/pafmj.v1i1.7943