Should we now hold back from initially prescribing antibiotics for acute otitis media?

C. B. Del Mar; P. P. Glasziou

doi:10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.t01-1-00344.x

Should we now hold back from initially prescribing antibiotics for acute otitis media?

C. B. Del Mar^*, P. P. Glasziou

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The research literature provides surprisingly little evidence of benefit for initially treating acute otitis media in children with antibiotics. We show how to calculate the amount of benefit and harm from the evidence, and how this might be applied to change management practice.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9-10
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
Volume	35
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.t01-1-00344.x
Publication status	Published - 1999
Externally published	Yes

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