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Article: Middle ear fluid treatment guidelines.
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- HealthFacts
- Article date:
- September 1, 1994
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Drugs and surgery are greatly overused in the treatment of middle ear fluid in children under the age of five. To help physicians and parents, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) has recently issued guidelines for the appropriate treatment of otitis media with effusion, also known as middle ear effusion. The recommendations are based on an extensive review of the scientific evidence..
The AHCPR is a relatively new government agency that is producing excellent free written material to foster informed decision-making. It draws on the expertise of a panel of non-government expert physicians, in this case from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the ...