JAMA: 2006-09-13, Vol. 296, No. 10, Author in the Room Audio Interview
Interview with David Mark Spiro, MD, MPH, author of Wait-and-See Prescription for the Treatment of Acute Otitis, published in the September 13 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. Summary Points: 1. Wait-and-See Prescription (WASP) is a viable approach to managing children with acute otitis media. Compared with the standard prescription group, the WASP group filled the antimicrobial prescription much less frequently and had equivalent clinical outcomes. 2. Within the WASP group, fever and ear pain were associated with filling the prescription demonstrating that parents are able to make appropriat...
Source: JAMA Author in the Room - October 18, 2006 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
