Clinical Practice Guideline (Update): Earwax (Cerumen Impaction) Executive Summary
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Clinical Practice Guideline (Update): Earwax (Cerumen Impaction)
Objective This update of the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation cerumen impaction clinical practice guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on managing cerumen impaction. Cerumen impaction is defined as an accumulation of cerumen that causes symptoms, prevents assessment of the ear, or both. Changes from the prior guideline include a consumer adde...
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عنوان ژورنال: Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0194-5998,1097-6817
DOI: 10.1177/0194599816678832