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Adherence to Tympanostomy Tube Clinical Practice Guidelines in an Advanced Practice Provider Clinic.
- Source :
- Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology; Sep2023, Vol. 132 Issue 9, p1110-1116, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Objective: We compared adherence rates by attending otolaryngologists (OTOs) and advanced practice providers (APPs) to the 2013 American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation clinical practice guideline (CPG) for children with recurrent acute otitis media (RAOM) undergoing bilateral myringotomy and tympanostomy tube placement (BMT). Methods: Patients aged 6 months to 12 years old undergoing BMT for RAOM who had a pre-operative visit with an independent APP or OTO were reviewed. Patients satisfied CPG criteria if middle ear effusion was identified at the pre-operative visit (pre-op) or if they did not have effusion but met exception criteria based on their risk for developmental difficulties and contraindications to medical therapy. Adherence rates between APPs and OTOs were compared. Agreement between pre-op and time-of-surgery middle ear effusion identification was assessed. Results: Nine hundred twenty-three patients were included. Six hundred one patients were seen by OTOs and 322 by APPs. Middle ear effusion was identified at pre-op in 84% of APP patients and in 76% of OTO patients (P =.005). Eight percent of APP patients and 11% of OTO patients met exception criteria (P =.138). Overall, 87% of OTO patients and 92% of APP patients met either CPG or exception criteria for BMT (P =.037). A logistic regression model demonstrated that pre-op provider type did not significantly impact rates of agreement between pre-op visit and time-of-surgery middle ear effusion identification. Conclusions: Independent APP-led clinics can reliably and effectively deliver evidence-based care for prevalent conditions such as RAOM at similar rates of adherence to CPGs as OTOs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREOPERATIVE care
ACADEMIC medical centers
CROSS-sectional method
CHILDREN'S hospitals
SURGERY
PATIENTS
MEDICAL protocols
DISEASE relapse
COMPARATIVE studies
OTITIS media with effusion
MIDDLE ear ventilation
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PROFESSIONAL associations
NURSE practitioners
LOGISTIC regression analysis
ACUTE diseases
OTITIS media
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00034894
- Volume :
- 132
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 165129415
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00034894221135282