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The frequency of otitis media is one of a number of factors causing physicians to seek out the most cost-effective clinical strategies for managing the condition. It is estimated that, by the time they reach two years of age, all the children in the United States currently under that age will have had a total of 9.3 million episodes of acute otitis media,¹ and that approximately 17 percent of children have three or more episodes during a six-month period.² Frequent episodes of otitis disrupt child-care arrangements and work schedules and generate parental anxiety and stress. The annual cost of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Definitions

Acute Otitis Media

Acute Otitis Media Unresponsive to Treatment

Recurrent Acute Otitis Media

Otitis Media with Residual Effusion

Otitis Media with Persistent Effusion

Conclusions

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From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Berman at Children's Hospital, 1056 E. 19th Ave., Box B032, Denver, CO 80218.

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