Observation option for acute otitis media in the emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 575-578

  Fischer, Thomas ^a   Singer, Adam J ^a   Chale, Stuart ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MENINGITIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SUBURBAN AREA; THERAPY EFFECT; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; NEW YORK; OBSERVATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349735013     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181b91ff0     Document Type: Article

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