Clinical practice guideline: Acute otitis externa

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Rosenfeld, Richard M ^a   Brown, Lance ^b   Cannon, C Ron ^c,d   Dolor, Rowena J ^e   Ganiats, Theodore G ^f   Hannley, Maureen ^j   Kokemueller, Phillip ^j   Marcy, S Michael ^g   Roland, Peter S ^h   Shiffman, Richard N ⁱ   Stinnett, Sandra S ^e   Witsell, David L ^e  

^a LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j American Academy of Otolaryngology   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALUMINUM ACETATE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BENZOCAINE; BORIC ACID; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPRO HC; CIPRODEX; CODEINE; CORTISPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FENTANYL CITRATE; FLOXIN OTIC; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; MACROLIDE; MORPHINE SULFATE; MYCOLOG; NEOMYCIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OTIC DOMEBORO; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PHENAZONE; PLACEBO; SILVER NITRATE; STEROID; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOSOL;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; EARDRUM DISEASE; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FOLLOW UP; FURUNCULOSIS; HEARING DISORDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA; OTALGIA; OTORRHEA; OTOSCOPY; OTOTOXICITY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRURITUS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFLECTOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERINFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TYMPANOMETRY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; VERTIGO; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OTITIS EXTERNA; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646339699     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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