Otitis media: Review of the 2004 treatment guidelines

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1879-1887

  Cober, Mary Petrea ^a,b   Johnson, Cary E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Guideline; Observation therapy; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZOCAINE; CEFDINIR; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IBUPROFEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

CHILD; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 27344459818     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1G190     Document Type: Review

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