Treatment of acute otitis media in general practice: quality variations across countries
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Treatment of acute otitis media in children.
Acute otitis media in children have to be treated by analgesics, antipyretics and antibiotics. The choice of the antibiotic depends on the child's age, associated clinical symptoms such as conjonctivitis, and any recent history of antibiotic treatment. Children over 2 are treated by amoxicillin or CG1, children with conjunctivitis are treated by amoxicillin + clavulanate acid, infants attending...
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عنوان ژورنال: Family Practice
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0263-2136,1460-2229
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr042