Diagnóstico y tratamiento de la otitis media secretora infantil: recomendaciones CODEPEH 2016

Faustino Núñez Batalla; Carmen Jáudenes Casaubón; José Miguel Sequí Canet; Ana Vivanco Allende; José Zubicaray Ugarteche

Faustino Núñez Batalla Presidente de la CODEPEH. Servicio ORL, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias-Oviedo. Sociedad Española de Otorrinolaringología
Carmen Jáudenes Casaubón Vocal de la CODEPEH. Directora de la Confederación Española de Familias de Personas Sordas (FIAPAS)
José Miguel Sequí Canet Vocal de la CODEPEH. Jefe de Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital de Gandía-Valencia. Asociación Española de Pediatría.
Ana Vivanco Allende Vocal de la CODEPEH. Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias-Oviedo. Asociación Española de Pediatría.
José Zubicaray Ugarteche Vocal de la CODEPEH. Servicio ORL Infantil, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra-Pamplona. Sociedad Española de Otorrinolaringología.

Palabras clave: Otitis media secretora, tubos de drenaje, adenoidectomía, guía de práctica clínica.

Resumen

Núñez, F. et al. (2017): “Diagnóstico y tratamiento de la otitis media secretora infantil: recomendaciones CODEPEH 2016”. Revista Española de Discapacidad, 5 (I): 169-193.

Biografía del autor/a

Faustino Núñez Batalla, Presidente de la CODEPEH. Servicio ORL, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias-Oviedo. Sociedad Española de Otorrinolaringología

Presidente de la Comisión para la Detección Precoz de la Sordera (CODEPEH) en representación de la Sociedad Española de Otorrinolaringología. Médico del Servicio de Otorrinolaringología del Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias y profesor de la Universidad de Oviedo.

Carmen Jáudenes Casaubón, Vocal de la CODEPEH. Directora de la Confederación Española de Familias de Personas Sordas (FIAPAS)

Directora de la Confederación Española de Familias de Personas Sordas (FIAPAS) y vocal de la Comisión para la Detección Precoz de la Sordera (CODEPEH). Es pedagoga y logopeda.

José Miguel Sequí Canet, Vocal de la CODEPEH. Jefe de Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital de Gandía-Valencia. Asociación Española de Pediatría.

Jefe de Pediatría del Hospital de Gandía-Valencia y vocal de la Comisión para la Detección Precoz de la Sordera (CODEPEH).

Ana Vivanco Allende, Vocal de la CODEPEH. Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias-Oviedo. Asociación Española de Pediatría.

Trabaja en el Servicio de Pediatría del Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias-Oviedo y es vocal de la Comisión para la Detección Precoz de la Sordera (CODEPEH).

José Zubicaray Ugarteche, Vocal de la CODEPEH. Servicio ORL Infantil, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra-Pamplona. Sociedad Española de Otorrinolaringología.

Médico especialista en Otorrinolaringología Infantil en el Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra-Pamplona y es vocal de la Comisión para la Detección Precoz de la Sordera (CODEPEH).

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