Managing ear infection in children

Postgrad Med. 1981 Jun;69(6):77-9, 82-3. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1981.11715778.

Abstract

Serous or suppurative middle ear effusion in children 2 years of age or older is common and is relatively easy to diagnose and treat. However, assessing and managing apparent ear infection in younger children--particularly infants--are more difficult tasks, and in many of these young patients the middle ear is found to be normal.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Combinations
  • Eustachian Tube / pathology
  • Humans
  • Otitis Media / diagnosis*
  • Otitis Media with Effusion / diagnosis*
  • Otitis Media with Effusion / drug therapy
  • Otitis Media with Effusion / surgery
  • Otitis Media, Suppurative / diagnosis*
  • Otitis Media, Suppurative / drug therapy
  • Penicillins / therapeutic use*
  • Rupture, Spontaneous / drug therapy
  • Sulfadiazine / therapeutic use
  • Sulfamerazine / therapeutic use
  • Sulfamethazine / therapeutic use
  • Sulfonamides / therapeutic use
  • Tympanic Membrane / surgery

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • Penicillins
  • Sulfonamides
  • Sulfadiazine
  • Sulfamethazine
  • trisulfapyrimidine
  • Sulfamerazine