Tympanostomy tube care for the pediatrician

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 899-909

  Hong, Paul ^a   Chadha, Neil K ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN PLUS DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; POLYETHYLENE; SILVER; TOPICAL AGENT; WATER;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATELECTASIS; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; CHIROPRACTIC; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MYRINGOTOMY; NOTE; OTOLARYNGOLOGIST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE BLOCKAGE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE CARE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE EXTRUSION; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE MIGRATION; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE OTORRHEA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84884198635     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922813480884     Document Type: Note

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