STUDY OBJECTIVE--The relation between a history of disorders suggestive of acute otitis
media, symptoms, and findings of an examination of the tympanic membrane and doctors' …

Increasing worldwide resistance of bacteria to antimicrobial drugs is causing a crisis, manifested
by higher morbidity, mortality, and costs. 1 In 1992 the Institute of Medicine in the United …

BACKGROUND Treatment of acute otitis media (AOM) differs worldwide. The Dutch avoid
antimicrobials unless fever and pain persist; the British use them for 5 to 7 days, and …

Full article: Effects of a monophasic combined oral contraceptive containing nomegestrol
acetate and 17β-oestradiol on ovarian function in comparison to a monophasic combined oral …

Objectives To investigate which characteristics of women and healthcare professionals (HCPs)
were associated with changing to another combined hormonal contraceptive (CHC) …

The primary care physician when prescribing an effective antibiotic therapy faces the problem
that there are few practical diagnostic aids to rationalize prescribing practices during the …

… Paul Grob is a statistician with MSD. At the time the study was performed, Carole Verhoeven
was a senior clinical project scientist with MSD. Please cite this article as: Sørdal T, Grob P, …

Background: Of 22 million visits annually to United States physicians for acute otitis media,
almost 4 million are by patients 15 years old or older. Yet the clinical spectrum and variables …

Methods: Data originated from 2251 patients with AOM, aged newborn to 15 years, who
participated in a pro-spective primary care study in eight countries. At the ini-tial visit, medical …

* BACKGROUND The accuracy of data gathered by primary care clinicians in practice-based
research networks (PBRNs) has been questioned. Tympanometry, recently recommended …