Managing ear infection in children.
Serous or suppurative middle ear effusion in children 2 years of age or older is common and is relatively easy to diagnose and treat. However, assessing and managing apparent ear infection in younger children--particularly infants--are more difficult tasks, and in many of these young patients the middle ear is found to be normal.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000188:drug therapy; D013411:Sulfadiazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013416:Sulfamerazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013418:Sulfamethazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000601:surgery; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides
D004338:Drug Combinations; D010406:Penicillins; D013411:Sulfadiazine; D013416:Sulfamerazine; D013418:Sulfamethazine; D013449:Sulfonamides; C014873:trisulfapyrimidine; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides