The nurse questions whether treatment with antibiotic therapy is as effective as observation in a 3-year-old boy with otitis media. Which of the following identifies each step in the PICO process?
a. Three-year-old with otitis media; antibiotic therapy; observation; effective treat-ment for otitis media
b. Effective treatment for otitis media; antibiotic therapy; observation; 3-year-old with otitis media
c. Antibiotic therapy; 3-year-old with otitis media; effective treatment for otitis me-dia; observation
d. Observation; 3-year-old with otitis media; effective treatment for otitis media; antibiotic therapy
A
PICO is an acronym used to describe a format of the four elements required to formulate a good clinical question (P, patient or problem; I, intervention; C, comparison intervention; O, outcomes).
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