Watchful Waiting for Children With Acute Otitis Media: Frequency of Use and Outcomes in Clinical Practice
Among 140 579 pediatric acute otitis media (AOM) visits, watchful waiting was used in 15.6% of cases and was associated with similarly low rates of treatment failure and adverse events as immediate antibiotics. Scale up of watchful waiting may be an important approach to reduce unnecessary antibiotic exposure for AOM.
Authors
- Rashmi Narayan
- Joshua Epstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8553-1358)
- Holly M. Frost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3016-3287)
- Adam L. Hersh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0148-046X)
- Timothy C Jenkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1029-7085)
- Alice Eggleston
Institutions
- Intermountain Healthcare (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Denver Health Medical Center (US)
- Intermountain Medical Center (US)
- Health and Hospital Corporation (US)
- Heartland Alliance (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaf104
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.85
Funders
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute