Is Treatment of Acute Otitis Media With Once-a-Day Amoxicillin Feasible?: Results of a Pilot Study

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1993, Pages 528-534

  Murph, Jody R ^a   Dusdieker, Lois B ^a   Booth, Brenda ^b   Murph, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMOXICILLIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027168971     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289303200904     Document Type: Article

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