You'll see fewer children get antibiotics for ear infections
May 2004
You'll see fewer children get antibiotics for ear infections.
About 80% of otherwise healthy kids with acute otitis media get better without antibiotics.
The Canadian Paediatric Society...American Academy of Pediatrics...and American Academy of Family Physicians now all say "watchful waiting" is appropriate for some kids.
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