Acute Otitis Media Treatment Guidelines Pediatrics
Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute otitis media in pediatric patients.
Acute otitis media treatment guidelines pediatrics. This evidence based clinical practice guideline is a revision of the 2004 acute otitis media aom guideline from the american academy of pediatrics aap and. Background recommendations vary regarding immediate antimicrobial treatment versus watchful waiting for children younger than 2 years of age with acute otitis media. Acute otitis media aom continues to be a common infection in young children. Milder disease usually due to viruses or less virulent bacteria resolves equally.
In the united states acute otitis media aom defined by convention as the first 3 weeks of a process in which the middle ear shows the signs and. Medical management of otitis media om is actively debated in the medical literature primarily because of a dramatic increase in acute om aom.