Evaluation of phenoxymethylpenicillin treatment of acute otitis media in children aged 2-16

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 166-171

  Neumark, Thomas ^a,b,f   Mölstad, Sigvard ^b,c   Rosén, Christer ^d   Persson, Lars Göran ^c   Törngren, Annika ^d   Brudin, Lars ^b   Eliasson, Ingvar ^e  

^a Lindsdals Primary Health Centre   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Unit of Research and Development in Primary Care   (Sweden)

^d KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Lindsdals Vårdcentral ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Antibiotics; AOM; Children; Family practice; General practice; PcV; Phenoxymethylpenicillin; Primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN V; STEROID; XYLOMETAZOLINE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OTALGIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARACHE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PENICILLIN V; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548584008     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430701267405     Document Type: Article

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