7. Management

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Van Buchem FL Dunk JHN van't Hof MA . Therapy of acute otitis media: Myringotomy, antibiotics, or neither. Lancet 1981: 2: 883–7.

Saah AJ Blackwelder WC Kaslow RA . Treatment of acute otitis media. JAMA 1982; 248: 1071–2.

Thomsen J Meistrup-Larson KI Mygind N . Penicillin treatment for acute otitis media in children: When, how much, how frequently, how long? In: Lim DJ Bluestone CD Klein JO Nelson JD , eds. Recent advances in otitis media with effusion. Philadelphia: BC Decker. Inc. 1984: 278–80.

Schwartz R Puglise J Rodriguez WJ . Sulphamethoxazole prophylaxis in the otitis prone child. Arch Dis Child 1982; 57: 590–3.

Gebhart DE . Tympanostomy tubes in the otitis media prone child. Laryngoscope 1981; 91: 840–66.

Kovatch AL Wald ER Michaels RH . Beta-lactamase-producing Branhamella catarrhalis causing otitis media in children. J Pediatr 1983; 102: 261–4.

Shurin PA Marchant CD Kim CH . Emergence of beta-lactamase-producing strains of Branhamella catarrhalis as important agents of acute otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis 1983; 2: 34–8.

Henderson FW Collier AM Sanyal MA . A longitudinal study of respiratory viruses and bacteria in the etiology of acute otitis media with effusion. N Engl J Med 1982; 306: 1377–83.

Klein BS Dollete FE Yolken RH . The role of respiratory syncytial virus and other viral pathogens in acute otitis media. J Pediatr 1982; 101: 16–20.

Cantekin EI Mandel EM Bluestone CD . Lack of efficacy of a decongestant-antihistamine combination for otitis media with effusion (“secretory otitis media”) in children. N Engl J Med 1983; 308: 297–301.

Fiellau-Nikolajsen M . Adenoidectomy for eustachian tube dysfunction: Long-term results from a randomized controlled trial. In: Lim DJ Bluestone CD Klein JO Nelson JD , eds. Recent advances in otitis media with effusion. Philadelphia: BC Decker. Inc. 1984: 302–5.

Maw AR . Chronic otitis media with effusion and adenotonsillectomy: A prospective randomized controlled study. In: Lim DJ Bluestone CD Klein JO Nelson JD , eds. Recent advances in otitis media with effusion. Philadelphia: BC Decker, Inc, 1984: 299–302.

Mandel EM Bluestone CD Paradise JL . Efficacy of myringotomy with and without tympanostomy tube insertion in the treatment of chronic otitis media with effusion in infants and children: Results for the first year of a randomized clinical trial. In: Lim DJ Bluestone CD Klein JO Nelson JD , eds. Recent advances in otitis media with effusion. Philadelphia: BC Decker. Inc, 1984: 308–12.

Roydhouse N . Bromhexine in the treatment of otitis media with effusion. In: Lim DJ Bluestone CD Klein JO Nelson JD , eds. Recent advances in otitis media with effusion. Philadelphia: BC Decker. Inc. 1984: 266–8.

Gates GA Wachtendorf CA Holt GR Hearne EM III . History of treated persistent otitis media with effusion. In: Lim DJ Bluestone CD Klein JO Nelson JD , eds. Recent advances in otitis media with effusion. Philadelphia: BC Decker. Inc, 1984: 346–8.

Healy GB , Antimicrobial therapy for chronic otitis media with effusion. In: Lim DJ Bluestone CD Klein JO Nelson JD , eds. Recent advances in otitis media with effusion. Philadelphia: BC Decker, Inc, 1984: 285–7.

Macknin ML Jones PK . Oral dexamethasone for persistent middle ear effusion: A double-blind placebo controlled study [Abstract]. Pediatr Res 1983; 17: 225A.