A cost threshold analysis of ciprofloxacin-dexamethasone versus ofloxacin for acute otitis media in pediatric patients with tympanostomy tubes

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1168-1178

  Roland, Peter S ^a   Pontius, Allison ^a   Michael Wall, G ^b   Waycaster, Curtis R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

^c Alcon Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

acute otitis media; ciprofloxacin; cost effectiveness; dexamethasone; ofloxacin; otorrhea; threshold analysis; tympanostomy tubes

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFDINIR; CEFPROZIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN PLUS DEXAMETHASONE; CLAVULANIC ACID; CORTISPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; FLOXIN OTIC; FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROCORTISONE; LORACARBEF; NEOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRICS; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANADA; CHILD; CIPROFLOXACIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OFLOXACIN; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344614812     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(04)90189-0     Document Type: Article

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