Long-term prognosis of acute otitis media in infancy: Determinants of recurrent acute otitis media and persistent middle ear effusion

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-45

  Damoiseaux, Roger A M J ^a   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a   Van Balen, Frank A M ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a   de Melker, Ruut A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Otitis media; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PLACEBO;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTOSCOPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; WINTER; GENDER; INFANCY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT INFECTION; SIBLING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 37849185482     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi083     Document Type: Article

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