Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute otitis media (AOM) in children in Japan

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Takahashi, Haruo ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media (AOM); Antimicrobial agent; Clinical practice guideline; Multidrug resistant bacteria; Myringotomy; Recurrent otitis media (ROM)

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFDITOREN PIVOXIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CHINESE DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADENOIDECTOMY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYRINGOTOMY; OTALGIA; OTOSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT INFECTION; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TYMPANOMETRY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY;

EID: 84855345524     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: 18791476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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