Early versus delayed insertion of tympanostomy tubes for persistent otitis media: Developmental outcomes at the age of three years in relation to prerandomization illness patterns and hearing levels

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-314

  Paradise, Jack L ^a,b   Feldman, Heidi M ^a,b,c   Campbell, Thomas F ^a,c   Dollaghan, Christine A ^c   Colborn, D Kathleen ^a   Bernard, Beverly S ^a,b   Rockette, Howard E ^c   Janosky, Janine E ^b   Pitcairn, Dayna L ^a   Sabo, Diane L ^a,c   Kurs Lasky, Marcia ^c   Smith, Clyde G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cognition; Developmental outcomes; Language; Middle ear effusion; Otitis media; Speech; Tympanostomy tubes

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037392391     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200304000-00005     Document Type: Article

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