Evaluating Children With Otitis Media For Bacteremia Or Urinary Tract Infection

Our study describes how often pediatric emergency department practitioners evaluate for bacteremia or urinary tract infection (UTI) in patients between the ages of 2-36 months diagnosed with acute otitis media (AOM). A large-scale descriptive study of practice patterns had not been previously published. What was known prior to the study was that AOM is common, and these patients are often ...

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