Aerosinusitis: Pathophysiology, prophylaxis, and management in passengers and aircrew

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-53

  Weitzel, Erik K ^a   McMains, K Christopher ^b   Rajapaksa, Suresh ^a   Wormald, Peter John ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Rhinologic barosinusitis; Sinus barotrauma

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; STEROID;

AIRPLANE CREW; ALLERGY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AVIATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BAROTRAUMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR PRESSURE; BAROTRAUMA; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUSES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUSITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 37748999581     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2203.2008     Document Type: Review

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