Predictors of duration of acute sinusitis episodes treated with antibiotics

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-29

  Lindbæk, Morten ^a   Hjortdahl, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute sinusitis; Antibiotics; Duration; General practice

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN V; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PENICILLIN V; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0031918973     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028134398750003368     Document Type: Article

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