Analysis of Cotinine Levels in Urine as a Risk Factor of Otitis Media with Effusion in Children Savitri Eka1, Rahardjo Sutji Pratiwi2, Saleh Haerul3 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Faculty, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Faculty, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia 3Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Faculty, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract Otitis media effusion (OME) is presence of fluids in the middle ear without any sign and acute inflammation symptoms with complete of tympanicy membrane. This study aimed to analyse the cotinine level in urine as a risk factor of otitis media efusion in children. This study is using the analyse observasional with case control design. Involving 52 childrens devided into 2 groups. First group consists of 22 patients with otitis media efusion. Second group consists of 30 childrens as controls. The diagnosis of otitis media efusion are determined by tympanometry examination and we found B type for the result. All subjects was checked the cotinine level in urine. The result of this study show that mostly the cotinine levels in Otitis Media efusion (2.55) a little lower than controls (2.63), but the statistic not significant. This shows there's not significant relation between cotinine level and otitis media efusion. Top Keywords Otitis media effusion, cotinine level in urine, tympanometry. Top |