title: [Is there a drug therapy for sero-mucotympanum?].
abstract: A critical review of the literature (including the authors' own randomized double-blinded studies) does not support the widespread use of drugs for treatment of otitis media with effusion (secretory otitis media).--Neither mucolytic agents, nor decongestants, nor antihistamines have any favourable effect on the course of the disease. Success with steroids or antibiotic agents in selected cases is very limited.
authors.affiliation: HNO-Klinik im Klinikum Ludwigshafen.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Münker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tratzmüller
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005100:Expectorants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013256:Steroids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013566:Sympathomimetics / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005100:Expectorants; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D013256:Steroids; D013566:Sympathomimetics
vernacular_title: Gibt es eine medikamentöse Therapie beim Sero-Mucotympanon?