Consistency of diagnostic criteria for acute otitis media: A review of the recent literature

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-108

  Chandler, Stephanie M ^a   Garcia, Shawn M S ^a   McCormick, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTALGIA; OTORRHEA; OTOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33846969161     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806297163     Document Type: Review

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