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Oral prednisolone for acute otitis media in children: protocol of a pilot randomised, open-label, controlled study (OPAL study)

BACKGROUND: Acute otitis media (AOM) is an acute inflammation of the middle ear commonly found in children, for which antibiotics are frequently prescribed. However, antibiotics are beneficial for only one third of AOM cases, and then, with only modest benefit. Since antibiotic use leads to risk of...

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Autores principales: Ranakusuma, Respati W., McCullough, Amanda R., Safitri, Eka D., Pitoyo, Yupitri, Widyaningsih, Del Mar, Christopher B., Beller, Elaine M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6130070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30214821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-018-0337-x