title: Antihistamines or decongestants for otitis media with effusion-do they work?: …reducing waste in child health one intervention at a time.
abstract: Eco-paediatrics is an occasional feature in Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal. Our goal is to contribute to the worldwide discussion on reducing waste in health care. In each instalment, we will select a recent Cochrane review highlighting a practice, still in use, which the available evidence tells us should be discontinued.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto Division of Paediatric Medicine, Ontario, Canada. eyal.cohen@sickkids.ca
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014663:Nasal Decongestants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D014663:Nasal Decongestants
keywords: evidence‐based medicine; health policy; otitis media; paediatrics