This site is intended for healthcare professionals

Go to /sign-in page

You can view 5 more pages before signing in

Referral criteria from primary care - suppurative OM

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

Authoring team

Indications for referral include:

  • five episodes of acute otitis media over the winter months, or six episodes in a year
  • uncertainty about the diagnosis
  • acute otitis media associated with serous otitis media which has not responded to medical therapy
  • immediate referral for specialist review is required if complications such as mastoiditis or facial paralysis (1)

Referral may be advisable in persons with craniofacial abnormalities (1).

Reference:


Related pages

Create an account to add page annotations

Add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation, such as a web address or phone number. This information will always be displayed when you visit this page