Interventions for children with ear discharge occurring at least two weeks following grommet (ventilation tube) insertion

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Venekamp, Roderick P ^a   Javed, Faisal ^b   van Dongen, Thijs Ma ^a   Waddell, Angus ^c   Schilder, Anne Gm ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EAR DROPS; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUDITORY CANAL; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; EAR DISCHARGE; EAR DISEASE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; MICROSUCTION; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; INFANT; LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85000836799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011684.pub2     Document Type: Review

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