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Acute otitis media in kids
Winter will lead to an uptick of acute otitis media in kids. Help promote appropriate antibiotic use to limit resistance... Reinforce "watchful waiting" for many kids. Point out that antibiotics rarely help, since most ear infections are viral. Antibiotics resolve ear pain at 2 to 3 days in about 1 in 20 kids, but 1 in 14 will have side effects (diarrhea,…
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Antibiotics prescribing acute otitis media (AOM)
OVERVIEW ㅡ Optimize analgesia and target antibiotics. AOM resolves in 60% within 24h without antibiotics. Consider 2 or 3-day delayed, or immediate antibiotics for pain relief. Average total length of illness is 4 days. Routine follow-up is not required in the absence of persistent symptoms. …
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