Management of Children With Otitis Media: A Summary of Evidence From Recent Systematic Reviews
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
Gunasekera, H., Morris, P. S., et al. (2009).
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45(10), 554-562; quiz 562-553.
This review investigates the management of otitis media (i.e., acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, and chronic suppurative otitis media) in children with otits media.
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1950-February 2009
Systematic reviews; meta-analyses
29 systematic reviews
For children with otitis media, management includes allowing the child "to sit closer to the front of the class, advising the parents and teachers to speak to the children face-to-face, and providing temporary hearing aids or amplification systems in more severe cases" (p. 560).
