Water precautions and tympanostomy tubes: A randomized, controlled trial

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 324-330

  Goldstein, Nira A ^a,b,d   Mandel, Ellen M ^a,b   Kurs Lasky, Marcia ^c   Rockette, Howard E ^c   Casselbrant, Margaretha L ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

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

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Ear plug; Otorrhea; Tympanostomy tube; Water precautions

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; OTORRHEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWIMMING; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

BATHS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; RISK FACTORS; SWIMMING;

EID: 13444270793     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000154742.33067.fb     Document Type: Article

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