[EBM: otitis media in children: how to formulate a PICO question]

Journal article

This series of articles begins with a problem frequently encountered in children: acute otitis media. Under the insistence of parents, antibiotics are frequently prescribed. The physician knows that the value of that therapy is debatable, but what for a child of 6 years of age? The physician whishes to compare his/her opinion with what is published in the litterature or available on the web. How to start his/her research? In this first article the physician will find out how to translate his/her practical question into a question which leads to a practical answer, and then to a PICO question. This will allow the physician to find sources of directly usable and relevant data which will offer a rational and wellfounded answer to his/her clinical question.

Authors: Van den Bruel, A; Chevalier, P; Vermeire, E; Aertgeerts, B; Buntinx, F

• Journal: Revue medicale de Liege
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 671-675
• Publication date: 2004-11-01
• ISSN: 0370-629X
• Language: French
• Keywords: Humans; Infant; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Review Literature as Topic; Evidence-Based Medicine; Child; Otitis Media; Information Storage and Retrieval