Clinical diagnosis and evaluation of sinusitis in adults

American Family Physician

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1620-1622

  Mahoney, Martin C ^a   Rosenfeld, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; MACROLIDE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHINOSINUSITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PARANASAL SINUSES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SUPPURATION;

EID: 36849023772     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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