Otitis media (OM) is the most common diagnosis for which antibiotics are prescribed to children. Despite numerous studies and a $5.3billion market shares, antibiotic treatment has been...doi:10.1007/978-3-319-17888-2_10Jill Arganbright
Pain was not reduced by antibiotics at 24 hours (risk ratio (RR) 0.89; 95%confidence interval (CI) 0.78 to 1.01) but almost a third fewer had residual pain at two to three days (RR 0.70; 95% CI 0.57 to 0.86; number needed to treat for an additional beneficial outcome (NNTB) 20)...
* are younger than age 6 months* have risk factors (such as under- lying illness, craniofacial abnor- malities, immunosuppression, Down syndrome, or cochlear im- plants)* have persistent purulent drainage from the ear (otorrhea)* have moderate to severe otalgia (ear pain)* have a temperature...
Otitis media is a common medical condition that practitioners need to accurately diagnose and treat using evidence based guidelines to avoid overprescribin... J Silva 被引量: 0发表: 2017年 Antibiotics in chronic suppurative otitis media: A bacteriologic study Objective This study sought to determine...
9 Frequent antibiotic use is a risk factor for the spread of drug-resistant strains of bacteria10-13 that are costly,14 are more difficult to treat, 10,15,16 and result in increased mortality.17 Several studies indicate that patient and parental pressure to prescribe antibiotics leads to ...
Cephalosporins are used to treat pneumonia, strep throat, tonsillitis, staph infections, bronchitis, otitis media, various types of skin infections, gonorrhea, urinary tract infections Cephalosporin antibiotics are also commonly used for surgical prophylaxis. Cephalexin can also be used to treat bone inf...
* are younger than age 6 months* have risk factors (such as under- lying illness, craniofacial abnor- malities, immunosuppression, Down syndrome, or cochlear im- plants)* have persistent purulent drainage from the ear (otorrhea)* have moderate to severe otalgia (ear pain)* have a temperature...
Many ear infections (also calledotitis media) Many skin rashes Infections caused by inappropriate antibiotic use Bacteria likeStaphylococcus aureus(a bacterium that causes serious infections in immune-compromised persons) develop resistance to the antibiotics typically used to treat the infections they cause...
Macrolidesare antibiotics that interfere with protein synthesis in susceptible bacteria. They are used to treat respiratory infections andurethritisin adults andotitis mediaand pharyngitis/tonsillitisin children. Eythromycin is the drug of choice for Legionnaire’s disease and infections caused by C.dip...
1.22). The study was affected by lockdowns imposed in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, limiting complete follow-up at 12 and 24 months to 213/324 (66%) participants and where, in the primary intention-to-treat analysis, those lost to follow-up were assumed to have chroni...