RT Book, Section
A1 Jones, Paul J.
A2 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1159808926
T1 Tympanocentesis
T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861925
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159808926
RD 2024/04/25
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  (Figure  199-1).  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,  reducing  pain,  and  often  shortens  the  course  of  acute  otitis  media  (AOM).