An evaluation of the best head position for instillation of steroid nose drops

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-21

  Kayarkar, Ratan ^a   Clifton, N J ^a   Woolford, T J ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Distribution; Endoscopic photography; Head positions; Nose drops

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; FLUORESCEIN; NOSE DROPS; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; ENDOSCOPY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; NOSE POLYP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS; POSTURE; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0036207185     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2002.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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