Recurrent Acute Otitis Media: To Tube or Not to Tube?

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Research Article| August 01 2021 Recurrent Acute Otitis Media: To Tube or Not to Tube? AAP Grand Rounds (2021) 46 (2): 15. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.46-2-15 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Recurrent Acute Otitis Media: To Tube or Not to Tube?. AAP Grand Rounds August 2021; 46 (2): 15. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.46-2-15 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All PublicationsAll JournalsAAP Grand RoundsPediatricsHospital PediatricsPediatrics In ReviewNeoReviewsAAP NewsAll AAP Sites Search Advanced Search Topics: otitis media, acute, otorrhea Source: Hoberman A, Preciado D, Paradise JL, et al. Tympanostomy tubes or medical management for recurrent acute otitis media. N Engl J Med. 2021;384(19):1789-1799. doi: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2027278Google Scholar Investigators from multiple institutions conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of medical management (MM) or tympanostomy tube (tube) placement in reducing subsequent acute otitis media (AOM) rates in young children with recurrent AOM. Children 6-35 months old were study-eligible if they had 3 episodes of AOM in the preceding 6 months or 4 within the last 12 months with 1 episode within 6 months. Participants were randomized to bilateral tube placement or MM. MM consisted of treatment with amoxicillin-clavulanate (90 mg amoxicillin and 6.4 mg clavulanate per kg for 10 days); otorrhea in patients with tubes was treated with 0.3% ofloxacin drops, with amoxicillin-clavulanate prescribed... You do not currently have access to this content.