Watchful waiting for acute otitis media: Are parents and physicians ready?

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1466-1473

  Finkelstein, Jonathan A ^a,b,c   Stille, Christopher J ^d   Rifas Shiman, Sheryl L ^a   Goldmann, Donald ^b,c  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Observation option; Otitis media; Watchful waiting

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; EAR INFECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSERVATION; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG RESISTANCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MASSACHUSETTS; MOTHERS; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 27744462642     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1473     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Finkelstein JA, Metlay J, Davis RL, Rifas S, Dowell SF, Platt R. Antimicrobial use in defined populations of infants and young children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000;154:395-400
2. McCaig LF, Besser RE, Hughes JM. Trends in antimicrobial prescribing rates for children and adolescents. JAMA. 2002;287:3096-3102
3. Schappert SM. Office visits for otitis media: United States, 1975-90. Adv Data. 1992;(214):1-19
4. Auinger P, Lanphear BP, Kalkwarf JH, Mansour ME. Trends in otitis media among children in the United States. Pediatrics. 2003;112:514-520
5. American Academy of Pediatrics, Subcommittee on Management of Acute Otitis Media. Diagnosis and management of acute otitis media. Pediatrics 2004;113:1451-1465
6. Schwartz B, Bell DM, Hughes JM. Preventing the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. A call to action by clinicians, public health officials, and patients. JAMA. 1997;278:944-945
7. US Interagency Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance. A Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance. 2001. Available at: www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/actionplan/aractionplan.pdf. Accessed March 11, 2005
8. Finkelstein JA, Stille C, Nordin J, et al. Reduction in antibiotic use among US children, 1996-2000. Pediatrics. 2003;112:620-627
9. Wald ER. Acute otitis media: more trouble with the evidence. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003;22:103-104
10. Glasziou PP, Del Mar CB, Sanders SL, Hayem M. Antibiotics for acute otitis media in children [Cochrane review]. In: The Cochrane Library. Issue 1. Chichester, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2004
11. Del Mar C, Glasziou P, Hayem M. Are antibiotics indicated as initial treatment for children with acute otitis media? A meta-analysis. BMJ. 1997;314:1526-1529
12. Takata GS, Chan LS, Shekelle P, Morton SC, Mason W, Marcy SM. Evidence assessment of management of acute otitis media: I. The role of antibiotics in treatment of uncomplicated acute otitis media. Pediatrics. 2001;108:239-247
13. Damoiseaux RAMJ, van Balen FAM, Hoes AW, Verheij TJM, de Melker RA. Primary care based randomised, double blind trial of amoxicillin versus placebo for acute otitis media in children aged under 2 years. BMJ. 2000;320:350-354
14. van Buchem FL, Peeters MF, van't Hof MA. Acute otitis media: a new treatment strategy. BMJ. 1985;290:1033-1037
15. Little P, Gould C, Williamson I, Moore M, Warner G, Dunleavey J. Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of two prescribing strategies for childhood acute otitis media. BMJ. 2001;322:336-342
16. Siegel RM, Kiely M, Bien JP, et al. Treatment of otitis media with observation and a safety-net antibiotic prescription. Pediatrics. 2003;112:527-531
17. Van Zuijlen, Schilder AG, Van Balen FA, Hoes AW. National differences in incidence of acute mastoiditis: relation to prescribing patterns of antibiotics for acute otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001;20:140-144
18. Berman S, Byrns PJ, Bondy J, Smith PJ, Lezotte D. Otitis media-related antibiotic prescribing patterns, outcomes, and expenditures in a pediatric Medicaid population. Pediatrics. 1997;100:585-592
19. Bondy J, Berman S, Glazner J, Lezotte D. Direct expenditures related to otitis media diagnoses; extrapolations from a pediatric Medicaid cohort. Pediatrics. 2000; 105(6). Available at: www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/105/ 6/e72
20. US Census Bureau. Census 2000 summary files 1 and 3 - Massachusetts. 2002. Available at: http://www2.census.gov/census_2000/datasets. Accessed March 11, 2005
21. Finkelstein JA, Huang SS, Daniel J, et al. Antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era: predictors in a multicommunity sample. Pediatrics. 2003;112:862-869
22. Whitney CG, Farley MM, Hadler J, et al. Increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2000;343:1917-1924
23. Belongia EA, Naimi TS, Gale CM, Besser RE. Antibiotic use and upper respiratory infections: a survey of knowledge, attitudes, and experience in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Prev Med. 2002;34:346-352
24. Kuzujanakis M, Kleinman K, Rifas-Shiman SL, Finkelstein JA. Correlates of parental antibiotic knowledge, demand, and reported use. Ambul Pediatr. 2003;3:203-210
25. Froom J, Culpepper L, Jacobs M, et al. Antimicrobials for acute otitis media? A review from the International Primary Care Network. BMJ. 1997;315:98-102
26. Mangione-Smith R, Elliot MN, Stivers T, McDonald L, Heritage J, McGlynn EA. Racial/ethnic variation in parent expectations for antibiotics: implications for public health campaigns. Pediatrics. 2004;113(5). Available at: www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/113/5/e385
27. Institute of Medicine, Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2003
28. Rosenfeld RM. Observation option toolkit for acute otitis media. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2001;58:1-8
29. Berwick DM. Disseminating innovations in health care. JAMA. 2003;289:1969-1975
30. Rogers EM. Attributes of Innovations and Their Rate of Adoption. Diffusion of Innovations. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster; 1995:204-251
31. Block SL. Therapeutic nihilists: lend me your ears, or the witches cauldron of acute otitis media. Pediatr Ann. 2002;31:784-791
32. Mangione-Smith R, McGlynn EA, Elliott MN, Krogstad P, Brook RH. The relationship between perceived parental expectations and pediatrician antimicrobial prescribing behavior. Pediatrics. 1999;103:711-718
33. Little P, Gould C, Moore M, Warner G, Dunleavey J, Williamson I. Predictors of poor outcome and benefits from antibiotics in children with acute otitis media: pragmatic randomised trial. BMJ. 2002;325:22
34. McCormick DP, Chonmaitree T, Pittman C, Uchida T, Saeed K, Friedman NR. Non-severe acute otitis media: a clinical trial comparing outcomes of watchful waiting versus immediate antibiotic treatment [abstract]. Pediatr Res. 2004;55:590A
35. Schwartz RH, Freij BJ, Ziai M. Antimicrobial prescribing for acute purulent rhinitis in children: a survey of pediatricians and family practitioners. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1997;16:185-190