Our latest clinical quiz explores management of otitis media, one of the most common reasons children present to primary care ...

A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Antimicrobial Treatment for Acute Otitis Media Treatment of Acute Otitis Media in Children Under 2 Years of Age Viewpoint References Tähtinen and coworkers evaluated the ...

Hoberman et al, from the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburg, PA, randomly assigned 291 children between 6 months and 23 months of age, diagnosed with ...

A multicenter study published in Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society examined children aged 6 months to 17 ...

When antibiotics are needed for treating acute otitis media (AOM) in children, amoxicillin is the first-line agent recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Macrolides, such as azithromycin ...

infant ear, otitis media Researchers compared the effects of amoxicillin with other broad-spectrum antibiotics on the risk for treatment failure and reinfection in children with uncomplicated acute ...

Images of eardrums from a healthy patient (left) or with acute otitis media (right) captured by the new smartphone app. AOM is one of the most common childhood infections for which antibiotics are ...

In 2006, the most recent year with available data, 667,000 U.S. children, mainly under 3 years of age, underwent tympanostomy-tube placement for recurrent acute otitis media. Previous trials, most ...

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