Managing otitis media: An evidence-based approach

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 155-159

  Morris, Peter S ^a,b   Leach, Amanda J ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Children; Ear

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; IBUPROFEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ABORIGINE; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADENOIDECTOMY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; LABYRINTHITIS; LATERAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; MASTOIDITIS; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT; MYRINGOTOMY; OTALGIA; OTOSCOPY; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SHORT SURVEY; TYMPANOMETRY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE OTORRHEA; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 73949117737     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2009.077     Document Type: Short Survey

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