A randomized, prospective, double-blind study on the efficacy of Dead Sea salt nasal irrigations

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 878-882

  Friedman, Michael ^a,b,c   Vidyasagar, Ramakrishnan ^a,b   Joseph, Ninos ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead Sea salt solution; Hypertonic saline; Nasal irrigation; Rhinosinusitis

Indexed keywords

HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NOSE LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE MUCUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SINUSITIS;

EID: 33745237706     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000216798.10007.76     Document Type: Article

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