Do imaging studies aid diagnosis of acute sinusitis?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 565-567

  Reider, Jacob M ^a   Nashelsky, Joan ^b   Neher, Jon ^c  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Family Practice Inquiries Network   (United States)

^c Valley Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS PUNCTURE; SINUSITIS; SYMPTOM; X RAY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0038163519     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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