The clinical diagnosis of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis in general practice and its therapeutic consequences

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-384

  Young, Jim ^a   Bucher, Heiner ^a,b   Tschudi, Peter ^c   Périat, Pierre ^d   Hugenschmidt, Christa ^b   Welge Lüssen, Antje ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Praxis Hammer   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute sinusitis; Antibiotics; C reactive protein; Clinical examination; Latent class analysis; Radiography

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037951795     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00590-5     Document Type: Article

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