Background: Acute otitis media is one of the most common diseases in early infancy and childhood. Antibiotic use for acute otitis media varies from 31% in the Netherlands to 98% in the USA and Australia.
Objectives: The objective of this review was to assess the effects of antibiotics for children with acute otitis media.
Background: Acute otitis media is one of the most common diseases in early infancy and childhood. Antibiotic use for acute otitis media varies from 31% in the Netherlands to 98% in the USA and Australia.
Objectives: The objective of this review was to assess the effects of antibiotics for children with acute otitis media.
Background: Acute otitis media is one of the most common diseases in early infancy and childhood. Antibiotic use for acute otitis media varies from 31% in the Netherlands to 98% in the USA and Australia.
Objectives: The objective of this review was to assess the effects of antibiotics for children with acute otitis media.
Objective: To determine the effect of antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media in children.
Design: Systematic search of the medical literature to identify studies that used antibiotics in randomised controlled trials to treat acute otitis media. Studies were examined blind, and the results of those of satisfactory quality of methodology were pooled.
J Radiol Electrol Med Nucl
November 1978