Evidence assessment of management of acute otitis media: II. Research gaps and priorities for future research

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 2 II, 2001, Pages 248-254

  Chan, Linda S ^a,b   Takata, Glenn S ^b,c   Shekelle, Paul ^d,e   Morton, Sally C ^e   Mason, Wilbert ^b,c   Marcy, S Michael ^f  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^d Greater Los Angeles Veterans Healthcare System   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Future research; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0034884965     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.2.248     Document Type: Article

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