Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of two prescribing strategies for childhood acute otitis media

British Medical Journal

Volumn 322, Issue 7282, 2001, Pages 336-342

  Little, P ^a   Gould, C ^a   Williamson, I ^a   Moore, M ^b   Warner, G ^c   Dunleavey, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Nightingale Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c Three Swans Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0035835422     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7282.336     Document Type: Article

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