How family physicians distinguish acute sinusitis from upper respiratory tract infection: A retrospective analysis

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-106

  Little, David R ^a   Mann, Barbara L ^a   Godbout, Christopher J ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 0034153458     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/15572625-13-2-101     Document Type: Article

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