holding off on antibiotics for kids' ear infections
May 2004
More physicians are holding off on antibiotics for kids' ear infections.
About 80% of otherwise healthy kids with acute otitis media get better without antibiotics.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Family Physicians now recommend "watchful waiting" for some kids.
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