National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines on the surgical management of otitis media with effusion: Are they being followed and have they changed practice?

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-58

  Daniel, Matija ^a   Kamani, Tawakir ^b   El Shunnar, Suliman ^c   Jaberoo, Marie Claire ^d   Harrison, Anna ^b   Yalamanchili, Seema ^d   Harrison, Laura ^e   Cho, Wai Sum ^c   Fergie, Neil ^c,e   Bayston, Roger ^a   Birchall, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Child; Guidelines; Hearing; Otitis media; Otolaryngology; Surgery; Ventilation tubes

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TUBE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADENOIDECTOMY; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871529773     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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