TY - JOUR
T1 - Antibiotics for acute otitis media in infancy
T2 - Based on fear or on facts?
AU - Damoiseaux, R. A M J
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Acute otitis media is treated in the majority of cases with antibiotics. The evidence that antibiotics are of little value for this common childhood illness is increasing. Even for infants with acute otitis media, the efficacy of these drugs seems to be limited. And since antibiotics are certainly not harmless, their use should be questioned. This paper points out that watchful waiting is a safe policy for acute otitis media for most infants.
AB - Acute otitis media is treated in the majority of cases with antibiotics. The evidence that antibiotics are of little value for this common childhood illness is increasing. Even for infants with acute otitis media, the efficacy of these drugs seems to be limited. And since antibiotics are certainly not harmless, their use should be questioned. This paper points out that watchful waiting is a safe policy for acute otitis media for most infants.
KW - Acute otitis media
KW - Antibiotics
KW - Infancy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034583964&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1185/1463009001505231
DO - 10.1185/1463009001505231
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034583964
SN - 1463-0095
VL - 4
SP - 58
EP - 61
JO - Paediatric and Perinatal Drug Therapy
JF - Paediatric and Perinatal Drug Therapy
IS - 2
ER -