MANAGEMENT OF COTTON BUD INDUCED OTITIS EXTERNA BY UNIQUE METHOD
| Autor: | Muhammad Fahad Wasim Khan, Adnan Asghar, Irfan Saeed, Muhammad Waqas Ayub, Naeem Riaz, Sohail Aslam, Syed Muhammad Asad Shabbir Bukhari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Zdroj: | PAFMJ. 71:S448-51 |
| ISSN: | 2411-8842 0030-9648 |
| Popis: | 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 |
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