title: Otitis media: diagnosis, management, and judicious use of antibiotics.
abstract: Otitis media continues to present a major challenge to practitioners in the clinical setting. With the ever-increasing trend toward the use of a sound research-structured approach to health care and the use of evidence-based guidelines, it is important to have an understanding of these findings related to otitis media. A review of research-supported literature regarding the diagnosis and management of this disease, and suggestions for the judicious use of antibiotics, are presented in this paper.
authors.affiliation: The Children's Hospital and University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1056 E. 19th Avenue, B455, Denver 80218, USA. stool.sylvan@tchden.org
authors.forename: Sylvan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stool
authors.forename: Linda H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: Candice E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001066:Appetite / Q000502:physiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004433:Earache / Q000209:etiology; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D012307:Risk Factors; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents