Evidence-Based Practice on Acute Otitis Media

Acute Otitis Media Abstract Acute otitis media is an infection in the middle ear that is very common among children and presents itself with pain and discomfort. This often causes the parents to seek help immediately as they try to relieve the child of the pain and discomfort. Clinicians have, however, noted that the pain is not always a reliable symptom for determining diagnostics in the case of acute otitis media. This is considered a bacterial infection, hence more and more physicians are recommending watchful waiting as an approach that is useful in determining whether the condition in question is AOM. What this means is that the approach is being put into serious consideration based on the numerous evidence that has been published by medical scholars on the subject.