Acute otitis media guidelines in selected developed and developing countries: Uniformity and diversity

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 450-457

  Ovnat Tamir, Sharon ^a   Shemesh, Shay ^a   Oron, Yahav ^a   Marom, Tal ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; concensus; guidelines; recommendation; treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROSCOPY; MYRINGOTOMY; OTOSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; WATCHFUL WAITING; ACUTE DISEASE; INFANT; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84986538578     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310729     Document Type: Article

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