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Appropriate use of antibiotics for URIs in children: Part I. Otitis media and acute sinusitis. The Pediatric URI Consensus Team.
Am Fam Physician. 1998 Oct 01; 58(5):1113-8, 1123.AF

Abstract

Five conditions--otitis media, acute sinusitis, cough, pharyngitis and the common cold--account for most of the outpatient use of antibiotics in the United States. The first part of this two-part article presents guidelines that encourage physicians to make an appropriate distinction between acute otitis media and otitis media with effusion, to use shorter courses of antibiotic therapy in uncomplicated cases of otitis media and to limit prophylaxis to recurrence as defined strictly by number of episodes. Sinusitis in younger children is difficult to distinguish from the common cold, and the criterion for use of antibiotics should be duration of symptoms.

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Dowell SF
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Schwartz B
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Phillips WR
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MeSH

Acute DiseaseAnti-Bacterial AgentsChildChild, PreschoolCommon ColdDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansOtitis MediaPatient Education as TopicSinusitisTeaching MaterialsTime Factors

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Review

Language

eng

PubMed ID

9787277

Citation

Dowell, S F., et al. "Appropriate Use of Antibiotics for URIs in Children: Part I. Otitis Media and Acute Sinusitis. the Pediatric URI Consensus Team." American Family Physician, vol. 58, no. 5, 1998, pp. 1113-8, 1123.
Dowell SF, Schwartz B, Phillips WR. Appropriate use of antibiotics for URIs in children: Part I. Otitis media and acute sinusitis. The Pediatric URI Consensus Team. Am Fam Physician. 1998;58(5):1113-8, 1123.
Dowell, S. F., Schwartz, B., & Phillips, W. R. (1998). Appropriate use of antibiotics for URIs in children: Part I. Otitis media and acute sinusitis. The Pediatric URI Consensus Team. American Family Physician, 58(5), 1113-8, 1123.
Dowell SF, Schwartz B, Phillips WR. Appropriate Use of Antibiotics for URIs in Children: Part I. Otitis Media and Acute Sinusitis. the Pediatric URI Consensus Team. Am Fam Physician. 1998 Oct 1;58(5):1113-8, 1123. PubMed PMID: 9787277.
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