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Glue Ear
UK sources of information and / or support
The leaflets section of Patient UK
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Royal National Institute for Deaf People
Have a good factsheet on glue ear
ENT UK
The British Association of Head and Neck Surgeons provides information concerning glue ear.
Surgical management of OME: Understanding NICE guidance
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Surgical management of OME: Understanding NICE guidance. (OME stands for 'otitis media with effusion' which is the medical term for glue ear.)
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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Related pages in Patient UK
Information leaflets related to this topic (^ top of page)
Glue Ear Glue Ear - Grommets and Other Operations Glue Ear - Picture SummaryMedical reference articles in PatientPlus related to this topic (^ top of page)
Fluid in the Middle Ear and Glue EarUK guidelines related to this topic (^ top of page)
Guidelines on Glue EarPoems and stories related to this topic (^ top of page)
Glue EarOther - Useful resources (^ top of page)
Pictures, diagrams, photos, images, etc.Evidence based medicine
Online textbooks and journals
A-Z of UK Guidelines
A-Z of Online Videos
Medline
Other good health sites
Medical equipment products related to this topic (^ top of page)
Books related to this topic (^ top of page)
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