title: Oral administration of herbal medicines for the treatment of otitis media with effusion: protocol for a systematic review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate the efficacy of the oral administration of herbal medicines for otitis media with effusion through analysing trial data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Electronic searches of the following 11 databases will be performed: MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, AMED, the Cochrane CENTRAL, 3 Chinese databases (CNKI, Wangfang Data and VIP Information) and 5 Korean databases (KoreaMed, Research Information Service System, Korea Studies Information System, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System (OASIS) and DBpia). The selection of the studies, data abstraction and validations will be performed independently by two researchers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The systematic review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. The review will also be disseminated electronically and in print. The review will be updated to inform and guide healthcare practice and policy.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  PROSPERO 2013: CRD42013005430.
authors.affiliation: Herbal Medicine Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yun Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Mi Ju
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Young-Eun
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hye Won
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Myeong Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal
keywords: Complementary Medicine; Otolaryngology