Randomized Clinical Trial of Docusate, Triethanolamine Polypeptide, and Irrigation in Cerumen Removal in Children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1177-1180

  Whatley, Valerie N ^a   Dodds, Carey L ^a   Paul, Ronald I ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCUSATE SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIETHANOLAMINE OLEYLPOLYPEPTIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CERUMEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EARDRUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CERUMEN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROBUTANOL; DIOCTYL SULFOSUCCINIC ACID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EAR CANAL; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRRIGATION; MALE; PEPTIDES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0344360725     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.12.1177     Document Type: Article

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