Antibiotics for otitis media with effusion

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 481-495

  Mandel, E M ^a,b   Casselbrant, M L ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Child; Otitis media, drug therapy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CEFTIBUTEN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIMETAPP; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN ETHYLSUCCINATE; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN V; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; PREDNISONE; SULFAFURAZOLE;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10044244787     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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