Acute sinusitis: Finnish clinical practice guidelines

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 245-250

  Blomgren, Karin ^a,j   Alho, Olli Pekka ^b   Ertama, Liisa ^c   Huovinen, Pentti ^d   Korppi, Matti ^e   Mäkelä, Marjukka ^d   Penttilä, Matti ^f   Pitkäranta, Anne ^a   Savolainen, Seppo ^g   Varonen, Helena ^h   Suonpää, Jouko ⁱ  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c National Public Health Institute ^*  (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^g CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h Finska Lo karforeningen Duodecim   (Finland)

ⁱ TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^j NONE   (Finland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ROXITHROMYCIN; STEROID;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG CHOICE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACE EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOSE MUCUS; NOSE POLYP; PATHOGENESIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RHINOSINUSITIS; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 20244362356     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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