Evidence assessment of management of acute otitis media: I. The role of antibiotics in treatment of uncomplicated acute otitis media

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 2 II, 2001, Pages 239-247

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

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Children; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFRADINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN ESTOLATE; LORACARBEF; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; SULFAFURAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PENICILLINS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0034885679     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.2.239     Document Type: Article

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