New Ear Infection Guidelines

kj07

PnRing to share a link to the new ear infection guidelines that were issued by the AAP - https://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2013/02/25/pediatrics-group-issues-new-ear-infection-guidelines

 

GrayGhost13

I think this is great. This is pretty much what our pedi's practice already does, and that's one of the reasons we go there instead of somewhere else.

lrn327

I think this makes sense.  I do wish these would have come out a couple years ago.  Based on these guidelines, C would have been able to get his tubes earlier than he did.  His pedi followed a 6 in 6 months and his ENT 4 in 6 months, both of which are less stringent than these new guidelines. 

kj07

B would have gotten his tubes earlier too, based on these new guidelines.

I like both that they lay out guidelines for tubes more clearly and that they promote for a wait-and-see monitoring approach to antibiotics.

bosha711

How ironic that I read this while MH had DS at the pedi this morning! We had no idea he had an ear infection & the pedi was shocked how bad the infection was since DS did not let on at all. I wish we didn't need the antibiotics, especially b/c he's on so many other meds right now, but I guess there was no way around it this time. Generally our pedi is very anti-antibiotics.