title: Management of pain in acute otitis media in Finnish primary care.
abstract: Most treatment recommendations for acute otitis media favour active use of pain relief medication. These data comprised 3059 Finnish primary care acute otitis media patients. We found that 10.4% of the patients were prescribed or recommended analgesics, which is in contrast to treatment recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacterial and Inflammatory Diseases, National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland. johanna.pulkki@ktl.fi
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pulkki
authors.forename: Solja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huikko
authors.forename: Ulla-Maija
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Rautakorpi
authors.forename: Pekka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Honkanen
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klaukka
authors.forename: Marjukka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mäkelä
authors.forename: Erkki
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palva
authors.forename: Risto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roine
authors.forename: Hannu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sarkkinen
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Varonen
authors.forename: Pentti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huovinen
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003625:Data Collection; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011320:Primary Health Care
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal