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Management of Acute Otitis Media: Assessment of Therapeutic Strategy in Japan Today

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Shunya Ikeda ,
Nobuaki Tsuchihashi ,
Nobuko Kawashiro  and
Jin Kanzaki
Shunya Ikeda
Affiliation:
Keio University School of Medicine, National Children's Hospital, Japan
Nobuaki Tsuchihashi
Affiliation:
National Childern's Hospital, Japan
Nobuko Kawashiro
Affiliation:
National Childern's Hospital, Japan
Jin Kanzaki
Affiliation:
Keio University School of Medicine
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Abstract

Currently, myringotomy is widely used in the routine initial treatment of acute otitis media in Japan. In an attempt to evaluate the validity of this strategy, a number of issues that demand reassessment or clarification have been identified. These issues and factors contributing to the persisting uncertainty about myringotomy are examined.

Type
Special Section: Assessing Nursing and Technology
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , Summer 1994 , pp. 426 - 435
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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