Hearing thresholds and tympanic membrane sequelae in children managed medically or surgically for otitis media with effusion

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1151-1156

  Stenstrom, Robert ^a,b,c   Pless, I Barry ^d,e   Bernard, Philippe ^f,g  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFAFURAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARDRUM; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TYMPANOMETRY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 28744459499     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.12.1151     Document Type: Article

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