Oral steroids for hearing loss associated with otitis media with effusion in children aged 2 8 years: the OSTRICH RCT

Francis, Nick A; Waldron, Cherry-Ann; Cannings-John, Rebecca; Thomas-Jones, Emma; Winfield, Thomas; Shepherd, Victoria; Harris, Debbie; Hood, Kerenza; Fitzsimmons, Deborah; Roberts, Amanda; Powell, Colin VE; Gal, Micaela; Jones, Sarah; Butler, Christopher C

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Any benefit from a short course of steroids for hearing loss in 2- to 8-year-old children with otitis media with effusion is likely to be small and of questionable clinical significance.

Nick A Francis , Cherry-Ann Waldron , Rebecca Cannings-John , Emma Thomas-Jones , Thomas Winfield , Victoria Shepherd , Debbie Harris , Kerenza Hood , Deborah Fitzsimmons , Amanda Roberts , Colin VE Powell , Micaela Gal , Sarah Jones & Christopher C Butler .

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Nick A Francis ^1,^*, Cherry-Ann Waldron ², Rebecca Cannings-John ², Emma Thomas-Jones ², Thomas Winfield ³, Victoria Shepherd ², Debbie Harris ², Kerenza Hood ², Deborah Fitzsimmons ³, Amanda Roberts ⁴, Colin VE Powell ⁵, Micaela Gal ¹, Sarah Jones ⁶, Christopher C Butler ^1,⁷

¹ Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
² Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
³ College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
⁴ Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, Child Health Directorate, St David’s Children Centre, Cardiff, UK
⁵ Department of General Paediatrics, Children’s Hospital for Wales, Cardiff, UK
⁶ Involving People Network, Health and Care Research Wales, Cardiff, UK
⁷ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: francisna@cardiff.ac.uk

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