Immediate oral versus immediate topical versus delayed oral antibiotics for children with acute otitis media with discharge: the REST three-arm non-inferiority electronic platform-supported RCT

Immediate oral versus immediate topical versus delayed oral antibiotics for children with acute otitis media with discharge: the REST three-arm non-inferiority electronic platform-supported RCT

Background: Acute otitis media is a painful infection of the middle ear that is commonly seen in children. In some children, the eardrum spontaneously bursts, discharging visible pus (otorrhoea) into the outer ear. Objective: To compare the clinical effectiveness of immediate topical antibiotics or...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alastair D Hay, Michael V Moore, Jodi Taylor, Nicholas Turner, Sian Noble, Christie Cabral, Jeremy Horwood, Vibhore Prasad, Kathryn Curtis, Brendan Delaney, Roger Damoiseaux, Jesús Domínguez, Archana Tapuria, Sue Harris, Paul Little, Andrew Lovering, Richard Morris, Kate Rowley, Annie Sadoo, Anne Schilder, Roderick Venekamp, Scott Wilkes, Vasa Curcin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2021-11-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
Subjects:
acute otitis media
primary care
antibiotics
paediatrics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hta25670

Internet

https://doi.org/10.3310/hta25670

Similar Items