Management of pain in acute otitis media in Finnish primary care

Johanna Pulkki Department of Bacterial and Inflammatory Diseases, National Public Health Institute, Turku, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]

Solja Huikko Department of Bacterial and Inflammatory Diseases, National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland; School of Public Health, Medical School, Tampere, Finland

Ulla-Maija Rautakorpi Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; Finnish Office for Health Technology Assessment FinOHTA, Tampere, Finland

Pekka Honkanen Tornio Health Centre, Simo, Finland

Timo Klaukka Social Insurance Institution, Helsinki, Finland

Marjukka Mäkelä , Helsinki, Finland; STAKES (Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health), Helsinki, Finland

Erkki Palva National Agency for Medicines, Helsinki, Finland

Risto Roine External Examination and Evaluation, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland

Hannu Sarkkinen Department of Clinical Microbiology, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland

Helena Varonen Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

Pentti Huovinen Department of Bacterial and Inflammatory Diseases, National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland

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Abstract

Most treatment recommendations for acute otitis media favour active use of pain relief medication. These data comprised 3059 Finnish primary care acute otitis media patients. We found that 10.4% of the patients were prescribed or recommended analgesics, which is in contrast to treatment recommendations.

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