Enhanced Web-Based Otitis Study Case vs Simple Paper-Case: Impact on Medical Student Objec-tive Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) Performance [PDF]
Background: Distance education methods have taken on greater importance as medical student education has moved off campus into the community. What the best methods are for conveying information to students at distant sites has not been determined ...
Malloy M.D.,M.S., Michael H.
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Parents' beliefs and knowledge about the management of acute otitis media: A qualitative study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Acute otitis media is a common reason for antibiotic prescribing, despite strong evidence that antibiotics provide minimal benefit. Studies have demonstrated that patients’ (or parents’) expectations of antibiotics often influence general ...
Del Mar, Chris +3 more
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Topical analgesia for acute otitis media [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Acute otitis media (AOM) is a spontaneously remitting disease for which pain is the most distressing symptom. Antibiotics are now known to have less benefit than previously assumed.OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of topical analgesia ...
Del Mar, C +4 more
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The TRIP database showed most Acute Respiratory Infections questions were already addressed by Cochrane reviews [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: Cochrane systematic reviews require more methodological support from Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs) than is customary in journals, CRGs must prioritise reviews to conserve resources.
Brassey, Jon +4 more
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Do middle ear infections matter? Student self-reported perceptions of behaviour, including social skills, following experience with otitis media with effusion [PDF]
Children frequently experience fluctuating conductive hearing loss during and following episodes of otitis media with effusion. With the prevalence of the disease increasing in the non-Indigenous population in Australia, many children may be at risk of ...
Stenton, Janice S.
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Systemic corticosteroids for acute otitis media in children [PDF]
Background: Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common acute infection in children. Pain is its most prominent and distressing symptom. Antibiotics are commonly prescribed for AOM, although they have only a modest effect in reducing pain at two to three days.
Beller, Elaine M +6 more
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Probiotics for preventing acute otitis media in children [PDF]
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: to assess the effects of probiotics to prevent the occurrence and reduce the severity of acute otitis media in children.
Clark, Justin +7 more
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Taste and olfaction in middle ear surgery [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess pre- and postoperative taste ability in patients undergoing middle ear surgery for otosclerosis or chronic otitis media.
CIOFALO, Andrea +6 more
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Day-case management of chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma with canal wall down technique surgery: long-term follow-up [PDF]
The overall number of day-case otologic surgery cases is increasing; however, there is limited experience about performing canal wall down tympanoplasty in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma in this setting.
GRASSO, MICHELE +4 more
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