Otitis media (OM) or middle ear inflammation is a spectrum of diseases, including acute otitis
media (AOM), otitis media with effusion (OME;'glue ear') and chronic suppurative otitis media …

Viral bronchiolitis is a common clinical syndrome affecting infants and young children.
Concern about its associated morbidity and cost has led to a large body of research that has …

Objective Insertion of tympanostomy tubes is the most common ambulatory surgery
performed on children in the United States. Tympanostomy tubes are most often inserted …

The critical nature of the microbiology laboratory in infectious disease diagnosis calls for a
close, positive working relationship between the physician/advanced practice provider and …

Importance The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria set a goal
of reducing inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use by 50% by 2020, but the extent of …

Summary The Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship provides a framework for
antibiotic stewardship for outpatient clinicians and facilities that routinely provide antibiotic …

This guideline is a revision of the clinical practice guideline,“Diagnosis and Management of
Bronchiolitis,” published by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2006. The guideline …

OBJECTIVES: To study the epidemiology of acute otitis media (AOM), especially the otitis-
prone condition, during the pneumococcal conjugate vaccines 7 and 13 era. METHODS: Six …

METHODS: In a retrospective cohort study using 2015–2016 claims data from a large
national commercial health plan, we identified ARI visits by children (0–17 years old) …

In the early 1980s, the global burden of childhood mortality due to pneumonia led the World
Health Organization (WHO) to develop a pneumonia control strategy suitable for countries …