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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: OBJECTIVE, STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING, RESULTS. Meshes: Acute Disease, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Catheterization, Peripheral, Child, Preschool, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Injections, Intravenous, Male, Mastoiditis, Postoperative Care, Retrospective Studies, Suppuration, Treatment Outcome.
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Treatment of pediatric suppurative mastoiditis: is peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) antibiotic therapy necessary? Context: A review of the treatment of pediatric acute mastoiditis requiring surgical intervention managed with and without PICC therapy postoperatively. Retrospective study of 42 cases from 1989 to 2004 treated at a regional children's hospital. Sixteen patients received postoperative PICC therapy and 26 received a course of oral antibiotics. The PICC group received on average 12.12 days of intravenous antibiotics compared to only 3.53 days for the non-PICC group (P<0.001). No differences were observed between the two groups in treatment outcomes. One patient from each group required rehospitalization. One minor complication was experienced in a patient in the PICC group. There were no surgical complications. The total cost for outpatient PICC therapy increased treatment costs by approximately $1500 to $2500.
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Oral antibiotic therapy is sufficient after surgical intervention for acute pediatric suppurative mastoiditis without intracranial complications and does not result in adverse treatment outcome.