Embedding discharge orders that reflected the latest guidelines helped drive a dramatic drop in the duration of antibiotics ...

and evidence of complications of chronic otitis media (meningitis, subdural abscess, brain abscess, petrositis, and endolymphatic hydrops). From this study it was concluded: 1) chronic otitis ...

1. Rubin LG: Prevention and treatment of meningitis and acute otitis media in children with cochlear implants. Otol Neurotol 2012, 31: 1331–3. MEDLINE CrossRef 2. Lalwani AK, Cohen NL ...

The most common illnesses caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae are otitis media (middle ear infection), pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis. As of 1997, more than half of all pneumococcus bacteria ...

Implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) order set increases compliance with the recommended duration of ...

This article outlines WHO's "Developing National Meningitis Plans: An Operational Manual," a comprehensive guide aimed at ...

We thank Aschendorff and Maier for the additions to our CME article and agree with the detailed recommendations from the article published by Rubin (1) in 2010, which we cited in our article.

Otitis media with effusion This is sometimes an aftereffect of a ... vaccines such as pneumococcal and Haemophilus vaccines to prevent pneumonia and meningitis Frequent washing of hands Keep your ...

≥13yrs: 10 drops in affected ear(s) once daily. Both: treat for 7 days. Acute otitis media: 1–12yrs: 5 drops in affected ear(s) twice daily for 10 days. Chronic suppurative otitis media ...

Haemophilus Influenza type B (the bacteria that causes meningitis, pneumonia and otitis media – ear infection), Whooping Cough (or Pertussis), Tetanus, Hepatitis B and Diphtheria. Diphtheria is ...