Acute sinusitis: A cost-effective approach to diagnosis and treatment

American Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1795-1802

  Fagnan, L J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CEFUROXIME; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLEMASTINE FUMARATE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; NAPHAZOLINE; NOSE DROPS; NOSE SPRAY; OXYMETAZOLINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PLACEBO; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; XYLOMETAZOLINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; SINUSITIS; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH PAIN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; NASAL MUCOSA; PATIENT EDUCATION; SINUSITIS; TEACHING MATERIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032533310     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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