Watchful Waiting Compared With Immediate Antibiotics for Urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children With Uncomplicated Acute Otitis Media (WATCH): A Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Trial.
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- 2026 Aug
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@article{allodium:10.5694/mja2.70260,
title = {Watchful Waiting Compared With Immediate Antibiotics for Urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children With Uncomplicated Acute Otitis Media (WATCH): A Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Trial.},
author = {Reath JS and Gunasekera H and Lujic S and Leach AJ and Campbell L and Walsh R and Usherwood T and Spurling GK and Tyson CA and Askew DA and Kong K and Watego CJ and Morris P and Hu W and Abbott PA},
year = {2026},
journal = {The Medical journal of Australia},
doi = {10.5694/mja2.70260},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70260}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Watchful Waiting Compared With Immediate Antibiotics for Urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children With Uncomplicated Acute Otitis Media (WATCH): A Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Trial. AU - Reath JS AU - Gunasekera H AU - Lujic S AU - Leach AJ AU - Campbell L AU - Walsh R AU - Usherwood T AU - Spurling GK AU - Tyson CA AU - Askew DA AU - Kong K AU - Watego CJ AU - Morris P AU - Hu W AU - Abbott PA PY - 2026 JO - The Medical journal of Australia DO - 10.5694/mja2.70260 UR - https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70260 ER -
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JS, R., H, G., S, L., AJ, L., L, C., R, W., T, U., GK, S., CA, T., DA, A., K, K., CJ, W., P, M., W, H., & PA, A. (2026). Watchful Waiting Compared With Immediate Antibiotics for Urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children With Uncomplicated Acute Otitis Media (WATCH): A Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Trial.. The Medical journal of Australia. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70260
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- pubmed · retrieved 2026-09-26T17:30:19.410Z