Treatment failure, recurrence, and antibiotic prescription rates for different acute otitis media treatment methods

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 970-975

  Grubb, Mark S ^a   Spaugh, David C ^b  

^a Woodcreek Healthcare Inc   (United States)

^b Northwest Pediatric Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

acute otitis media outcomes; acute otitis media treatment methods; reduced antibiotics for acute otitis media

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZOCAINE; PENICILLIN G; PHENAZONE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PARACENTESIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 77956838035     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922810370363     Document Type: Article

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