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

Authors
Del Mar, CB Glasziou, PP
Citation
Cb. Del Mar et Pp. Glasziou, Should we now hold back from initially prescribing antibiotics for acute otitis media?, J PAEDIAT C, 35(1), 1999, pp. 9-10
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH
ISSN journal
10344810 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
9 - 10
Database
ISI
SICI code
1034-4810(199902)35:1<9:SWNHBF>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The research literature provides surprisingly little evidence of benefit fo r initially treating acute otitis media in children with antibiotics. We sh ow how to calculate the amount of benefit and harm from the evidence, and h ow this might be applied to change management practice.