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Management of Acute Otitis Media: Update. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 198.

PB2011102798

Publication Date	2010
Page Count	426
Abstract	Acute Otitis Media (AOM), a viral or bacterial infection of the ear, is the most common childhood infection for which antibiotics are prescribed in the United States. In 2001, the Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center conducted a systematic review of the evidence comparing treatments of AOM. This review updates the 2001 review findings on diagnosis and treatment of uncomplicated AOM, assesses the evidence for treatment of recurrent AOM, and assesses the impact of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate (PCV7) vaccine on the microbiology of AOM. Searches of PubMed and the Cochrane databases were conducted from January 1998 dashJuly 2010 using the same search strategies used for the 2001 report, with the addition of terms not considered in the 2001 review. The Web of Science was also searched for citations of the 2001 report and its peer-reviewed publications.
Keywords	Otitis media Diagnosis(Medicine) Management Children Clinical medicine Amoxicillin Drug therapy Infectious diseases Treatment Risk factors Epidemiology Antibiotics Ear Effectiveness Tables(Data) Acute Otitis Media(AOM)
Source Agency	New name: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality- Old name: National Center for Health Services Research
Corporate Authors	RAND Corp., Santa Monica, CA.; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB2002-107266. Sponsored by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	201105
Contract Number	HHSA-290-2007-10056-I

Management of Acute Otitis Media: Update. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 198.

Management of Acute Otitis Media: Update. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 198.
PB2011102798

Publication Date	2010
Page Count	426
Abstract	Acute Otitis Media (AOM), a viral or bacterial infection of the ear, is the most common childhood infection for which antibiotics are prescribed in the United States. In 2001, the Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center conducted a systematic review of the evidence comparing treatments of AOM. This review updates the 2001 review findings on diagnosis and treatment of uncomplicated AOM, assesses the evidence for treatment of recurrent AOM, and assesses the impact of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate (PCV7) vaccine on the microbiology of AOM. Searches of PubMed and the Cochrane databases were conducted from January 1998 dashJuly 2010 using the same search strategies used for the 2001 report, with the addition of terms not considered in the 2001 review. The Web of Science was also searched for citations of the 2001 report and its peer-reviewed publications.
Keywords	Otitis media Diagnosis(Medicine) Management Children Clinical medicine Amoxicillin Drug therapy Infectious diseases Treatment Risk factors Epidemiology Antibiotics Ear Effectiveness Tables(Data) Acute Otitis Media(AOM)
Source Agency	New name: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality- Old name: National Center for Health Services Research
Corporate Authors	RAND Corp., Santa Monica, CA.; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB2002-107266. Sponsored by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	201105
Contract Number	HHSA-290-2007-10056-I