7. Management

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Lildholdt T Cantekin EI Bluestone CD Rockette HE . Effect of a topical nasal decongestant on eustachian tube function in children with tympanostomy tubes. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 1982;94:93–7.

Hayden GF Randall JE Randall JC Hendley JO . Topical phenylephrine for the treatment of middle ear effusion. Arch Otolaryngol 1984;110:512–4.

Maw AR Herod F . Otoscopic, impedance, and audiometric findings in glue ear treated by adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy: a prospective randomized study. Lancet 1986;1:1399–402.

Gates GA Avery CA Prihoda TJ Cooper JC Jr. Effectiveness of adenoidectomy and tympanostomy tubes in the treatment of chronic otitis media with effusion. New Engl J Med 1987;317:1444–51.

McNicoll WD . Otitis media with effusion in children and its association with deformity of the vomero-ethmoid suture. J Laryngol Otol 1983;97:203–12.

Grady D Mathias P Anderson R Snider G Sprinkle PM . Improvement of middle ear disease following septoplasty. Am J Otol 1983;4:327–31.

Van Cauwenberge P Derycke A . The relationship between nasal and middle ear pathology. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg 1983;37:830–41.

Van Cauwenberge PB de Schynkel K Kluyskens PM . Clinical use of rhinomanometry in children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1984;8:163–75.

Lesser THJ Clayton MI Skinner D . Efficacy of medical treatment as an adjunct to surgery in the treatment of secretory otitis media. J Laryngol Otol 1986;100:1347–50.

Brown DT Potsic WP Marsh RR Litt M . Drugs affecting clearance of middle ear secretions: a perspective for the management of otitis media with effusion. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1985;94(suppl 117).

Marks NJ Mills RP Shaheen OH . Cotrimoxazole in the treatment of serous otitis: a follow-up report. J Laryngol Otol 1983;97:213–5.

Hughes KB . Management of middle ear effusions in children. J Laryngol Otol 1984;98:677–84.

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

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, 1984:266–8.

Hori F Kawauchi H Suzuki M Mogi G . Pharmaceutical treatment of experimental otitis media with effusion. In: Lim DJ Bluestone CD Klein JO Nelson JD , eds. Recent advances in otitis media. Philadelphia: BC Decker, 1988:254–8.

Lambert PR . Oral steroid therapy for chronic middle ear perfusion: a double-blind crossover study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1986;95:193–9.

Schwartz RH Puglese J Schwartz DM . Use of a short course of prednisone for treating middle ear effusion. A double-blind crossover study. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1980;89 (suppl 68):296–300.

Healy GB . Antimicrobial therapy of chronic otitis media with effusion. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1984;8:13–7.

Mandel EM Rockette HE Bluestone CD Paradise JL Nozza RJ . Efficacy of amoxicillin with and without decongestantantihistamine for otitis media with effusion in children: results of a double-blind, randomized trial. New Engl J Med 1987;316:432–7.

Bergeron MG Ahronheim G Richard JE . Comparative efficacies of erythromycin-sulfisoxazole and cefaclor in acute otitis media: a double-blind randomized trial. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1987;6:654–60.

Rodriguez WJ Schwartz RH Sait T . Erythromycin-sulfisoxazole vs amoxicillin in the treatment of acute otitis media in children: a double-blind, multiple-dose comparative study. Am J Dis Child 1985;139:766–70.

Marchant CD Shurin PA Johnson CE . A randomized controlled trial of amoxicillin plus clavulanate compared with cefaclor for treatment of acute otitis media. J Pediatr 1986;109:891–6.

Odio CM Kusmiesz H Shelton S Nelson JD . Comparative treatment trial of Augmentin versus cefaclor for acute otitis media with effusion. Pediatrics 1985;75:819–26.

Ingvarsson L Lundgren K . Penicillin treatment of acute otitis media in children. A study of the duration of treatment. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 1982;94:283–7.

Hendrickse W Kusmiesz H Shelton S Nelson JD . Double-blind evaluation of 5 vs 10 days therapy for acute otitis media with effusion. Presented at the Twenty-sixth Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, New Orleans, Sept 30, 1986.

Meistrup-Larsen KI Sorensen H Johnsen NJ Thomsen J Mygind N Sederberg-Olsen J . Two versus seven days penicillin treatment for acute otitis media. A placebo controlled trial in children. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 1983;96:99–104.

Van Buchem FL Dunk JHM van Hof MA . Therapy of acute otitis media: myringotomy, antibiotics, or neither?. Lancet 1981;2:883–7.

Ostfeld E Segal J Kaufstein M Gelernter I . Management of acute otitis media without primary administration of systemic antimicrobial agents. In: Lim DJ Bluestone CD Klein JO Nelson JD , eds. Recent advances in otitis media. Philadelphia: BC Decker, 1988;235–9.

Howie VM Dillard R Lawrence B . In vivo sensitivity test in otitis media: efficacy of antibiotics. Pediatrics 1985;75:8–13.