Management of pain in acute otitis media in Finnish primary care

Johanna Pulkki; Solja Huikko; Ulla-Maija Rautakorpi; Pekka Honkanen; Timo Klaukka; Marjukka Mäkelä; Erkki Palva; Risto Roine; Hannu Sarkkinen; Helena Varonen; Pentti Huovinen; MIKSTRA Collaborative Study Group

doi:10.1080/00365540500434679

Management of pain in acute otitis media in Finnish primary care

Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38(4):265-7. doi: 10.1080/00365540500434679.

Authors

Johanna Pulkki¹, Solja Huikko, Ulla-Maija Rautakorpi, Pekka Honkanen, Timo Klaukka, Marjukka Mäkelä, Erkki Palva, Risto Roine, Hannu Sarkkinen, Helena Varonen, Pentti Huovinen; MIKSTRA Collaborative Study Group

Affiliation

¹ Department of Bacterial and Inflammatory Diseases, National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland. [email protected]

PMID: 16709526
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500434679

Abstract

Most treatment recommendations for acute otitis media favour active use of pain relief medication. These data comprised 3059 Finnish primary care acute otitis media patients. We found that 10.4% of the patients were prescribed or recommended analgesics, which is in contrast to treatment recommendations.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Analgesics / therapeutic use*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use*
Child
Child, Preschool
Data Collection
Finland
Humans
Infant
Otitis Media / drug therapy*
Pain / drug therapy*
Pain / etiology
Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
Primary Health Care

Substances

Analgesics
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal