Management of otitis media with effusion in young children

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1291-1297

  Paap, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; PREDNISONE; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ALGORITHM; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIARRHEA; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYRINGOTOMY; NAUSEA; OTOSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; VOMITING;

EID: 0029861342     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106002809603001114     Document Type: Review

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