Chiropractic treatment of otitis media with effusion: A case report and literature review of the epidemiological risk factors that predispose towards the condition and that influence the outcome of chiropractic treatment

Clinical Chiropractic

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 168-173

  Saunders, Louise ^a  

^a SW7 4DE ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activator technique; Chiropractic; Diversified pediatric technique; OME; Otitis media; Pediatric human male

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANAMNESIS; BREECH EXTRACTION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CONSULTATION; DAY CARE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; EAR INFECTION; FEEDING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTENSIVE CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOTION; MYRINGOTOMY; ODOR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALPATION; PHYSICIAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION;

EID: 8644268701     PISSN: 14792354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clch.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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