TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 167. Tympanocentesis
A1  - Reichman, Eric F.
PY  - 2013
T2  - Emergency Medicine Procedures, 2e
AB  - Tympanocentesis,  first  described  in  1768,  is  a  diagnostic  and  therapeutic  procedure  in  which  a  needle  is  inserted  through  the  tympanic  membrane  to  aspirate  fluid  from  the  middle  ear  space  (Figure  167-1).  The  procedure  is  considered  diagnostic  when  the  material  obtained  is  sent  for  laboratory  and/or  microbiological  analysis.  It  is  considered  therapeutic  in  most  instances  because  it  relieves  pressure,  thereby  reducing  pain  and  many  times  shortens  the  course  of  an  acute  otitis  media  (AOM).  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57717638
ER  -