This evidence-based clinical practice guideline is a revision of the 2004 acute otitis media
(AOM) guideline from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Academy of …

Background Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common diseases in childhood for
which antibiotics are commonly prescribed; a systematic review reported a pooled …

Objective To determine the expected duration of symptoms of common respiratory tract
infections in children in primary and emergency care. Design Systematic review of existing …

This Clinical Report was retired July 2017. Most upper respiratory tract infections are caused
by viruses and require no antibiotics. This clinical report focuses on antibiotic prescribing …

Context Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common condition for which antibiotics are
prescribed for US children; however, wide variation exists in diagnosis and treatment …

Background Individual trials to test effectiveness of antibiotics in children with acute otitis
media have been too small for valid subgroup analyses. We aimed to identify subgroups of …

Background The efficacy of antimicrobial treatment in children with acute otitis media
remains controversial. Methods In this randomized, double-blind trial, children 6 to 35 …

ContextAcute otitis media (AOM) is the most common diagnosis for which antibiotics are
prescribed for children. Previous trials that have evaluated a “wait-and-see …

Randomized trials typically estimate average relative treatment effects, but decisions on the
benefit of a treatment are possibly better informed by more individualized predictions of the …

Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common disease occurring in infants and children and
has major medical, social and economic effects. If we consider the Italian pediatric …