A comparative study of three methods of nasal irrigation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2224-2227

  Wormald, Peter John ^a,c   Cain, Tim ^b   Oates, Lyndell ^b   Hawke, Lianne ^a   Wong, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic sinusitis; Douche; Metered nasal spray; Nasal irrigation; Nebulizer; Nuclear medicine; Technetium 99m

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAVAGE; MALE; NEBULIZATION; NOSE CAVITY; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUSITIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10044252335     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000149463.95950.c5     Document Type: Article

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