Abstract:Background
Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common diagnosis for which antibiotics are prescribed in pediatrics. National guidelines recommend offering a safety net antibiotic prescription (SNAP) to select patients, to be filled if symptoms worsen or do not improve within 48-72 hours. However, clinicians continue to prescribe immediate antibiotics for most cases of AOM. Our goal was to increase the percentage of eligible patients diagnosed with AOM in our pediatric urgent care (PUC) clini… Show more
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