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Margaretha L. Casselbrant
Researcher at University of Pittsburgh
Publications - 119
Citations - 5115
Margaretha L. Casselbrant is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Otitis & Population. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 119 publications receiving 4816 citations. Previous affiliations of Margaretha L. Casselbrant include Boston Children's Hospital.
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Otitis media with effusion in preschool children.
Margaretha L. Casselbrant,Leon M. Brostoff,Erdem I. Cantekin,Mildred R. Flaherty,William J. Doyle,Charles D. Bluestone,Thomas J. Fria +6 more
TL;DR: The data indicate that OME and HNP are prevalent conditions with a high spontaneous recovery in the preschool population and showed a seasonal variation and a strong association with the presence of upper respiratory infections.
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The heritability of otitis media: a twin and triplet study.
Margaretha L. Casselbrant,Ellen M. Mandel,Patricia A. Fall,Howard E. Rockette,Marcia Kurs-Lasky,Charles D. Bluestone,Robert E. Ferrell +6 more
TL;DR: There is a strong genetic component to the amount of time with middle ear effusion and episodes of middle ear Effusion and AOM in children during the first 2 years of life, suggests this study.
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Amoxicillin or Myringotomy or Both for Acute Otitis Media: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
P H Kaleida,Margaretha L. Casselbrant,Howard E. Rockette,Jack L. Paradise,Charles D. Bluestone,Mark M. Blatter,Keith S. Reisinger,Ellen R. Wald,J. S. Supance +8 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that children with acute otitis media should routinely be treated with amoxicillin (or an equivalent antimicrobial drug) and the data provide no support for the routine use of myringotomy either alone or adjunctively.
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Head and neck space infections in infants and children
Kitirat Ungkanont,Robert F. Yellon,Jane L. Weissman,Margaretha L. Casselbrant,Hugo González-Valdepeña,Charles D. Bluestone +5 more
TL;DR: Treatment of head and neck space infections in children should consist of accurate physical diagnosis aided by imaging studies, empiric antibiotic therapy that covers gram-negative and beta-lactamase--producing organisms as well as gram-positive organisms and anaerobes, and timely surgical intervention, when indicated.
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Impact of tympanostomy tubes on child quality of life
Richard M. Rosenfeld,Mahesh Bhaya,Charles M. Bower,Patrick E. Brookhouser,Margaretha L. Casselbrant,Kenneth H. Chan,Michael J. Cunningham,Craig S. Derkay,Steven D. Gray,Scott C. Manning,Anna H. Messner,Richard J.H. Smith +11 more
TL;DR: Tympanostomy tubes produce large short-term improvements in QOL for most children, and the best outcomes occur when postoperative otorrhea is absent or minimal, and when parents are satisfied with their initial decision to have surgery.