Are antibiotics beneficial for patients with sinusitis complaints? A randomized double-blind clinical trial

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-151

  Merenstein, Dan ^a,e   Whittaker, Carl ^c   Chadwell, Tonya ^d   Wegner, Brian ^d   D'Amico, Frank ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NOSE CAVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RHINITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINITIS; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SUPPURATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13444310744     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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