Comparison of study designs for acute otitis media trials

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 737-750

  Pichichero, Michael E ^a,b   Casey, Janet R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Legacy Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Clinical trial design; Otitis media with effusion

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PLACEBO; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MYRINGOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARACENTESIS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 42749092651     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.02.020     Document Type: Review

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