Use of Antibiotics in Preventing Recurrent Acute Otitis Media and in Treating Otitis Media With Effusion

Meta-analysis in clinical trials

1986 • 36,193 citations

The file drawer problem and tolerance for null results.

1979 • 7,706 citations

A method for assessing the quality of a randomized control trial

1981 • 1,370 citations

Otitis Media in Infancy and Intellectual Ability, School Achievement, Speech, and Language at Age 7 Years

1990 • 381 citations

Diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media: report from International Primary Care Network.

1990 • 255 citations

An empirical study of the possible relation of treatment differences to quality scores in controlled randomized clinical trials

1990 • 250 citations

Efficacy of antimicrobial prophylaxis and of tympanostomy tube insertion for prevention of recurrent acute otitis media

1992 • 196 citations

Lack of Efficacy of a Decongestant-Antihistamine Combination for Otitis Media with Effusion (Secretory Otitis Media) in Children

1983 • 182 citations

The impact of otitis media

1989 • 155 citations

Efficacy of Amoxicillin with and without Decongestant-Antihistamine for Otitis Media with Effusion in Children

1987 • 146 citations

Meta‐Analysis of Antibiotics for the Treatment of Otitis Media with Effusion

1992 • 142 citations

Sulfisoxazole as Chemoprophylaxis for Recurrent Otitis Media

1974 • 133 citations

Prevention of recurrent acute otitis media: Chemoprophylaxis versus tympanostomy tubes

1986 • 90 citations

Otitis Media in Alaskan Eskimo Children

1972 • 90 citations

Modern Management of Otitis Media

1989 • 69 citations

Prophylaxis of Recurrent Acute Otitis Media and Middle-Ear Effusion

1989 • 68 citations

A controlled trial comparing three treatments for chronic otitis media with effusion

1990 • 65 citations

Sulfisoxazole Chemoprophylaxis for Frequent Otitis Media

1983 • 58 citations

Antimicrobial therapy for otitis media with effusion ('secretory' otitis media).

1991 • 55 citations

Prophylaxis of otitis media in asthmatic children

1983 • 51 citations

The Efficacy of Oral Steroids in the Treatment of Persistent Otitis Media With Effusion

1990 • 50 citations

Comparative efficacy of erythromycinsulfisoxazole, cefaclor, amoxicillin or placebo for otitis media with effusion in children

1991 • 49 citations

Antibiotic Treatment of Children With Secretory Otitis Media: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

1989 • 46 citations

Otitis media with effusion and chronic upper respiratory tract infection in children: A randomized, placebo‐controlled clinical study

1990 • 45 citations

Sulfisoxazole Prophylaxis of Middle Ear Effusion and Recurrent Acute Otitis Media

1985 • 40 citations

A controlled trial of cotrimoxazole therapy in serous otitis media

1981 • 39 citations

A review of clinical trials regarding treatment of acute otitis media

1992 • 38 citations

Sulphamethoxazole prophylaxis in the otitis-prone child.

1982 • 34 citations

Antimicrobial therapy of chronic otitis media with effusion

1984 • 33 citations

Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Recurrent Acute Otitis Media

1981 • 29 citations

Chemoprophylaxis of Recurrent Otitis Media Using Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole

1982 • 22 citations

Recurrent acute otitis media—prophylactic penicillin treatment: a prospective study. Part I

1985 • 20 citations

Chondrosarcoma at the Skull Base

1981 • 20 citations

The efficacy of pulse-dosed antibiotic therapy in the management of persistent otitis media with effusion.

1990 • 20 citations

Cotrimoxazole in the treatment of serous otitis a follow-up report

1983 • 18 citations

Cefaclor in the Treatment of Otitis Media with Effusion

1985 • 16 citations

Otitis media with effusion: can erythromycin reduce the need for ventilating tubes?

1990 • 16 citations

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole treatment of persistent otitis media with effusion

1982 • 14 citations

Efficacy of oral antibiotics for the treatment of persistent otitis media with effusion

1986 • 14 citations

Secretory otitis media: a review of management by Consultant Otolaryngologists

2009 • 14 citations

Serous otitis media. A double-blind trial with sulfisoxazole.

1982 • 9 citations

Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment of Children with Secretory Otitis Media: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study

1988 • 8 citations

Antibiotic Therapy for Otitis Media With Effusion

1993 • 2 citations