Researchers embarking on clinical trials of antimicrobial treatment for acute otitis media (AOM ... At each examination, bulging was rated as slight, moderate, marked or absent in each ear.

The between-group difference was largest when a conclusion of clinical failure was based simply on persistence of TM bulging of any degree, whether or not any symptoms as reflected in children's ...

Acute otitis media is caused by an infection behind the eardrum and normally causes earache, bulging of the eardrum and pus. With serious otitis media, or glue ear, fluid builds up behind the ...

"In contrast, in children with otitis media with effusion, no bulging of the tympanic membrane is present." The team then ...