ArticleThe Journal of family practice2008
Use anesthetic drops to relieve acute otitis media pain.
Article in The Journal of family practice, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Clinical phenotype and management of sound-induced pain: Insights from adults with pain hyperacusis.The journal of pain · 2025Article
- Clinical phenotype and management of sound-induced pain: Insights from adults with pain hyperacusis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- New insights into the treatment of acute otitis media.Expert review of anti-infective therapy · 2023Review
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Abstract
A mother brings her 3-year-old son to your office first thing in the morning. The boy has fever and right ear pain. You see that the tympanic membrane is dull, red, and bulging. The mother has been up most of the night with her child. She implores you to "do something." She is exhausted and her son is crying and holding his right ear. You know that antibiotics will not provide immediate pain relief and oral analgesics will take a while to help. What can you offer that will help right away? Use 3 drops of topical 2% lidocaine drops or benzocaine to provide rapid pain relief for children with acute otitis media.
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