Criteria, performance and diagnostic problems in diagnosing acute otitis media

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 262-268

  Jensen, Peter M ^a   Lous, Jørgen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Diagnostic criteria; General practice; Otitis media; Performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CHILD; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARDRUM; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; OTOSCOPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032765701     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.3.262     Document Type: Article

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