Is acute otitis media a treatable disease?
Is acute otitis media a treatable disease?
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急性中耳炎是可以治疗的疾病吗？
DOI：
10.1056/nejme1009121
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2011
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J. Klein
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J. Klein
在本期杂志中，匹兹堡和芬兰图尔库的研究人员回答了患有急性中耳炎的婴幼儿是否从诊断时开始的阿莫西林-克拉维酸治疗中获益的问题。1，2 50年前照顾儿童的医生会感到惊讶-更可能是震惊-这个问题被问到了。在抗生素被引入之前，急性中耳炎在婴儿中是一种严重的事件。1932年，急性中耳炎及其化脓性并发症占贝尔维尤医院所有儿科住院病例的27%。3乳突炎和化脓性颅内并发症很常见。. . .
In this issue of the Journal, investigators in Pittsburgh and in Turku, Finland, respond to the question of whether infants and young children with acute otitis media benefit from amoxicillin–clavulanate therapy initiated at the time of diagnosis.1,2 Physicians who cared for children 50 years ago would be surprised — more likely shocked — that the question is being asked. Before antimicrobial agents were introduced, acute otitis media was a severe event in infants. In 1932, acute otitis media and its suppurative complications accounted for 27% of all pediatric admissions to Bellevue Hospital.3 Mastoiditis and suppurative intracranial complications were common. . . .