The findings point to the advisability under most circumstances of restricting antimicrobial treatment for AOM to children who have TM bulging, and they call into question clinical trials of the ...

The following day he was afebrile, and a physical examination was normal except for findings of slight redness of the left tympanic membrane with no middle-ear fluid and a bulging right tympanic ...

Our antibiotic treatment policy in this study was conservative and based on OS score; cases of mild AOM (OS, ≤3) were managed with watchful waiting and follow-up examination while moderate to ...

On examination ... Her right tympanic membrane, which can be visualized only partially owing to the presence of cerumen, appears opacified. How would you treat this child? Bulging of the tympanic ...