Rhinosinusitis treatment protocol: Changing provider habits in primary care

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 614-622

  Kinney, William C ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri Columbia ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036593371     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.125301     Document Type: Article

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