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Acute otitis media in pediatric practice: Update
| العنوان: | Acute otitis media in pediatric practice: Update |
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| المؤلفون: | Doina Anca Plesca |
| المصدر: | Romanian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 68, Iss 3, Pp 155-159 (2019) |
| بيانات النشر: | Amaltea Medical Publishing House, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Pediatrics |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | acute otitis media (aom), child, infections, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, Medicine, Pediatrics, RJ1-570 |
| الوصف: | Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common infections in childhood. It is considered the main cause of prescribing antibiotics in pediatrics. Physicians tend to overdiagnose this disease leading to an unnecessary antibiotics prescription which exposes the child to an unwanted side effects, mainly diarrhea. Diagnosis is routinely based on symptoms and otoscopy findings. A diagnosis of AOM should be considered in any young child who presents with irritability, lethargy, otorrhoea and fever with or without localized ear pain. Distinguishing between AOM and otitis media with effusion (OME) is important. OME is more common than AOM. Primary treatment is aimed at reducing pain. Symptoms in isolated, unilateral AOM usually resolves after 2 days without antibiotic treatment. Always consider the possibility of sepsis in an ill child with fever. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1454-0398 2069-6175 |
| Relation: | https://rjp.com.ro/articles/2019.3/RJP_2019_3_EN_Art-01.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1454-0398; https://doaj.org/toc/2069-6175 |
| DOI: | 10.37897/RJP.2019.3.1 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/1856a2a2288d44be94f4dfc54643c204 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.1856a2a2288d44be94f4dfc54643c204 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 14540398 20696175 |
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| DOI: | 10.37897/RJP.2019.3.1 |