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Berkman ND, Wallace IF, Steiner MJ, et al. Otitis Media With Effusion: Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2013 May. (Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, No. 101.)
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- ABG
Air-Bone Gap
- AHRQ
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- AOM
acute otitis media
- CAM
complementary and alternative medicine
- CI
confidence interval
- CINAHL
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
- CDLM
contact diode laser for myringotomy
- CER
comparative effectiveness review
- CT
computed tomography
- dB
decibals
- EHC
effective health care
- EMBASE
Excerpta Medica Database
- ENT
Ear, Nose and Throat
- EPC
Evidence-based practice center
- FU
follow-up
- G
group
- HL
hearing level
- KQ
key question
- MA
meta-analysis
- MEE
middle ear effusion
- MeSH
medical subject headings
- mos
months
- MA
meta-analysis
- NA
not applicable
- NICE
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
- NIDCD
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- NRCT
nonrandomized controlled trial
- NR
not reported
- ns
not significant
- OME
otitis media with effusion
- PE
pressure equalization
- PICOTS
populations, interventions, comparators, outcomes, timeframes, and settings
- PRISMA
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analyses
- PTA
pure-tone audiometry
- RCT
randomized controlled trial
- RR
relative risk
- SIP
scientific information packet
- SOE
strength of evidence
- SR
systematic review
- SRT
speech recognition threshold
- TEP
technical expert panel
- TM
tympanic membrane
- TT
tympanostomy tubes
- VT
ventilation tube
- WW
watchful waiting
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