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CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINEThe Diagnosis and Management of acute otitis MediaabstractThis evidence-based CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE is a revision of the 2004acute otitis media (AOM) GUIDELINE from the American Academy of Pe-diatrics (AAP) and American Academy of Family Physicians. It providesrecommendations to primary care clinicians for the management ofchildren from 6 months through 12 years of age with 2009, the AAP convened a committee composed of primary carephysicians and experts in thefields of pediatrics, family PRACTICE , oto-laryngology, epidemiology, infectious disease, emergency medicine,and GUIDELINE methodology. The subcommittee partnered with theAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Southern Califor-nia Evidence-Based PRACTICE Center to develop a comprehensive reviewof the new literature related to AOM since the initial evidence report of2000.
lished the “Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Acute Otitis Media”.1 The guideline offered 8 recommendations ranked accord-ing to level of evidence and benefit-harm relationship. Three of the recommendations—diagnostic criteria, observation, and choice of antibiotics — led to significant discussion, especially
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