Key Action Statement Profile: KAS 1B
| Aggregate evidence quality | Grade C |
| Benefits | Identify AOM in children when the diagnosis is not highly certain. |
| Risks, harms, cost | Overdiagnosis of AOM. Reduced precision in diagnosis. |
| Benefits-harms assessment | Benefits greater than harms. |
| Value judgments | None. |
| Intentional vagueness | Criteria may be more subjective. |
| Role of patient preferences | None |
| Exclusions | None |
| Strength | Recommendation |
| Notes | Recent onset of ear pain means within the past 48 hours. |
| Aggregate evidence quality | Grade C |
| Benefits | Identify AOM in children when the diagnosis is not highly certain. |
| Risks, harms, cost | Overdiagnosis of AOM. Reduced precision in diagnosis. |
| Benefits-harms assessment | Benefits greater than harms. |
| Value judgments | None. |
| Intentional vagueness | Criteria may be more subjective. |
| Role of patient preferences | None |
| Exclusions | None |
| Strength | Recommendation |
| Notes | Recent onset of ear pain means within the past 48 hours. |