Wait-and-see prescription for the treatment of acute otitis media: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1235-1241

  Spiro, David M ^a,c   Tay, Khoon Yen ^a   Arnold, Donald H ^b   Dziura, James D ^a   Baker, Mark D ^a   Shapiro, Eugene D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZOCAINE; IBUPROFEN; PHENAZONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTALGIA; OTORRHEA; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; TIME FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 33748642568     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.10.1235     Document Type: Article

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